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tion facility shall have been rated as safe for the purpose for which it is
to be used by either the Civil Aeronautics Authority or by the State Avia-
tion Commission. Airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air
beacons and other navigation facilities which have been rated as safe for
the purposes for which they are to be used by the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority will be granted a license for four years by the State Aviation Com-
mission of Maryland, without any charge to the owner or operator of said
airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air beacons or other naviga-
tion facilities. Airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air bea-
cons or other navigation facilities already having a license from the State
Aviation Commission and rated as safe by said State Aviation Commis-
sion for the purpose for which they are to be used will be granted a license
for four years by the State Aviation Commission without any charge to
the owners or operators of said airports, landing fields, air schools, flying
clubs, air beacons or other navigation facilities unless changed conditions
require a restudy of the previous rating given by the State Aviation Com-
mission, in which event a fee of $100. 00 will be charged unless said owners
or operators present a satisfactory rating by the Civil Aeronautics Author-
ity. Provided, however, that the fee shall not be charged until the Civil
Aeronautics Authority is set up to consider applications. Owners or opera-
tors of airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air beacons or
other navigation facilities applying for an original license from the State
Aviation Commission without having been rated as safe by said Civil Aero-
nautics Authority for the purpose for which they are to be used, will be
granted a license for four years if pronounced safe after investigation by
the State Aviation Commission but a charge of $100. 00 will be made
therefor to the owners or operators of said airports, landing fields, air
schools, flying clubs, air beacons or other navigation facilities. The pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to any airport, landing field, air
school, flying club, air beacon or other navigation facility owned or oper-
ated by the United States Government or by this State, nor shall these
provisions be construed to prevent the emergency or intermittent use of any
field for aviation purposes when a duly licensed landing field is not
available.

Upon application by any applicants for a license for an airport, landing
field, air school, flying club, air beacon or other air navigation facilities,
the Commission may refuse to grant such license to said applicants when
said Commission has reasonable grounds to believe, based on public health,
public morals, public safety and public welfare, that the granting of any of
said licenses to any of said applicants would endanger or be detrimental
to the health, morals, safety or welfare of inhabitants of this State. Upon
application by any applicant for a license for an airport, landing field, air
school or air beacon not heretofore used or operated, applicant shall post a
conspicuous notice on the property affected, thirty days before applying
for said license, and said notice shall set out the use for which the said
license is asked and the date of the said application.

In any case where the Commission rejects an application for permission
to operate or establish an airport, landing field, air school, flying club,
air beacon, or other air navigation facility, or in any case where the Com-
mission shall issue any order requiring certain things to be done, it shall
set forth its reasons therefor and shall state the requirements to be met
before such approval will be given or such order modified or changed.
In any case where the Commission may deem it necessary it may apply to