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and Bureaus shall in each case forthwith report the same to the Comp-
troller. Such records shall be open to inspection at the respective offices
of the Comptroller, the Clerks, the Boards of License Commissioners and
the Bureau of State Licenses, at all times during regular business hours,
by any person.

1933 (Special Sess. ), ch. 2 sec. 17.

17. Death of Licensee. Upon the death of the holder of any license
issued under the provisions of this Article other than Class E and Class F
licenses, the license shall expire, provided, however, that upon application
to the Comptroller, or the Clerk of the Court issuing such license, as the
case may be, and upon the payment of a fee of One Dollar ($1. 00), made
by the executors or administrators of the deceased licensee, a certificate of
permission may be granted for the continuation of the business in the name
of such executors or administrators for the benefit of the Estate of the
deceased for a period not exceeding eight months from the date of any
such permission, unless the license shall sooner expire, in which case upon
application by the executor as above provided a renewal license for a
period not exceeding 8 months after the death of the license holder may
be issued subject to the right of protest, revocation, suspension and restric-
tion as in other cases, upon the payment of a pro rata license fee for such
period, and during the period of such continuation the said license and
the executors or administrators of the deceased shall be subject to all of the
provisions of this Article. If the business of the licensee be not continued
as above provided, his executors or administrators shall be authorized to
apply for and obtain any refund to which the deceased would have been
entitled if his license had been surrendered for cancellation upon the
date of his death. Upon the death of the holder of any Class E or Class F
license the license shall expire; provided, however, that upon application
to the Comptroller, and upon payment of a fee of one dollar, made by an
applicant on behalf of the company with respect to which such expired
license was issued, a new; license shall be granted by the Comptroller for
the continuation of the privilege conferred by such expired license during
the period such expired license would have continued but for such death.

1933 (Special Sess. ), ch. 2, sec. 18.

18. Licenses—Renewals. Upon the expiration of any license, except
temporary and special licenses issued under the provisions of this Article,
the holder of such expiring license shall be entitled to a new license for an-
other year upon the payment of the annual fee herein prescribed, provided
an application under oath for such new license be filed with the official au-
thorized to issue same, and provided, further, that a protest signed by not
less than ten residents, or real estate owners of the precinct in which the
licensed place of business is located, has not been filed against the grant-
ing of such new license, at least thirty days before the expiration of the
license for which a renewal is sought, and if such a protest has been filed.