BALTIMORE COUNTY. '673

of two dollars, to be applied to paying the expense of advertising as here-
after provided for, and thereupon such clerk shall, upon the first day of
April, if such license is for twelve months, or upon the first day of Octo-
ber if such license is for six months, publish a notice in some newspaper
published in said county for two successive weeks, giving notice that the
applicant or applicants have filed such application, specifying the kind of
license applied for and the place where the business is to be conducted,
and stating that unless cause to the contrary is shown in writing on or
before the fifteenth day of April or October next ensuing, as the case
may be, the license applied for, if approved and directed to be issued by
the court, will be issued; and if the Circuit Court shall approve and order
the granting and issuing of such license to the applicant or applicants, it
shall be the duty of the clerk to issue the license, provided always that the
applicant or applicants have complied with the requirements of this Act.
If it be impracticable for the clerk to give the notices aforesaid upon the
dates specified, he shall give said notices as soon thereafter as possible.

1890, ch. 334. 1908, ch. 179, sec. 6. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 226. 1916, ch. 31, sec. 6.
B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 337. 1928, sec. 416.

416. If any person residing in Baltimore County, on or before the
dates mentioned in the preceding section, shall file in writing with the
clerk of said court any reason why the license applied for should not be
granted, such clerk shall forthwith present the application and certificate
and objections to a judge of the Circuit Court for said county, and such
judge shall proceed to hear and determine the question or matter of the
issuing of the license applied for upon all the testimony adduced with
respect thereto, after giving such notice to the applicant or applicants
and objector or objectors, as such judge shall deem reasonable; and if
upon said heading it be proved upon the testimony or shall appear to the
satisfaction of the court, or the presiding judge or judges thereof, that
the applicant or applicants has or have permitted gambling upon his, her
or its premises, or has knowingly sold spirituous, fermented or intoxicat-
ing liquors of any kind to minors or has knowingly sold or permitted any
such liquors to be bartered or sold on Sunday or on any general or pri-
mary election day or has or have knowingly permitted disorderly or im-
moral conduct or practices upon his, her, their or its premises, no license
shall be grantd, and his, her, their or its application shall be refused. It
shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County
within five days after receipt of filing of any application for a license
hereunder to furnish to the presiding judge or judges of said court, the
name or names of the applicants for such license, place where the busi-
ness is to be carried on thereunder, the names of the signers recommend-
ing that the license referred to be issued and such other matters set forth
in said application as the clerk in any particular case may deem it proper
for the court to know; and it shall be the duty of the judge or judges pre-
siding in said court, regardless of the fact whether any protest or objec-
tion shall or shall not have been filed as aforesaid, to refuse to grant or
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