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section for a period not exceeding thirty days and such license may be
further suspended or revoked after hearing, as hereinafter provided.

1933 (Special Sess. ), ch. 2, sec. 42,

42. Revocation and Suspensions—Causes for Which Licenses May Be
Revoked Or Suspended. Any license issued under the provisions of this Ar-
ticle may be revoked or suspended by the Comptroller in the case of licenses
issued by him, the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City, or
any County in the case of Licenses required to be¹ approved by them, and
by the Bureau of State Licenses in all other cases, for any cause which in
the judgment of the official, board or bureau, as the case may be, shall be
necessary to promote the peace or safety of the community in which the
place of business is situated, and such license must be revoked or suspended
for the following causes: (1) conviction of the licensee for the violation
of any of the provisions of this Article; (2) the wilful failure or refusal of
any licensee to comply with any rule or regulation that may be adopted in
pursuance of this Article; (3) the making of any material, false statement
in any application for a license; (4) two or more convictions of one or
more of the clerks, agents, employees and servants of a licensee under the
provisions of this Article of any violation on the licensed premises, within a
period of two years; (5) the possession upon the premises of any retail
dealer other than the holder of a Class E or Class F license of any alcoholic
beverage upon which the tax imposed by this Article has not been paid; (6)
the violation of the provisions of Section 28 of this Article; and (7) the
wilful failure of any licensee to keep the records required by this Article or
to allow the inspections of such records by a duly authorized person and (8)
possession of any alcoholic beverage which any licensee other than the
holder of a Class E or Class E license is not licensed to sell.

This section referred to in construing sec. 40. Abramson v. State, 167 Md. 534.

1933 (Special Sess. ), ch. 2, sec. 43.

43. Revocations and Suspensions—Procedure. The Comptroller, the
Board of License Commissioners for any County or Baltimore City, or
the Bureau of State Licenses, as the case may be, may on its own initiative
or upon the written complaint of ten or more citizens, residents, real
estate owners and voters of the precinct in which any licensed place of
business is situated, or upon the complaint of any deputy or inspector
employed by the Comptroller in the administration of this law, or any
peace officer, after a hearing upon charges to be framed by the officer,
Board or Bureau, or upon such complaint, notice of which shall be given
to the licensee at least ten days before such hearing, revoke or suspend
any license issued under the provisions of this Article. Nothing contained
in this section shall prevent the immediate suspension of any license by the
Comptroller as hereinbefore provided.

1933 (Special Sess. 1, ch. 2, sec. 44.

44. Revocation-—Disqualifications. When the license issued under the
provisions of this Article has been -revoked, such licensee shall not at any