ART. 23.] LIQUOR AND INTOXICATING DRINKS. 2063

the same, under such rules as he may think proper; and the said
clerk may establish general rules for that purpose. If any appli-
cation shall be approved, as herein provided, the clerk shall
endorse the word " approved" thereon, and sign the same, with
the date of such approval. If not approved the said clerk shall
endorse thereon "not approved," and sign the same; and it shall
be the duty of the clerk to issue the proper license to any person
whose application he may so approve, and to no other, to expire
on the first day of May next succeeding, except to those who
make application before the first day of May, in which case the
license shall run for a whole year, commencing with the first day
of May; and the decision of the clerk shall be final; provided,
that any one aggrieved by his decision may take an appeal to the
circuit court for said county. When the clerk aforesaid shall
mark said application "approved," ho shall issue the proper
license, and the party may sell under said license unless, on ap-
peal, the same shall be revoked by the court aforesaid ; and on
appeal to the court aforesaid, the same proceedings shall be had
as on appeals from justices of the peace, and the court shall
award costs in its discretion; and in case said license shall be re-
voked, the court shall, in its discretion, award what portion of
the license money paid to the clerk shall be refunded to the ap-
plicant aforesaid.

1884, ch 270.

64. Said clerk shall procure and keep a suitable docket for
the purpose, and shall enter therein all applications for license,
and shall note the filing and the date of filing of all papers and
orders therein, and shall number such applications consecutively
as they are received, and carefully index the same, and such
records shall be open at all times, when the office of said clerk is
open, for the free inspection of any citizen who desires to exam-
ine the same. The fees of the clerk in every case of application
for license shall be one dollar, when no contest is made, and two
dollars in every contested case, whether granted or not, to be
paid by the applicant.

Ibid.

65. It shall be unlawful for any person so licensed, to sell,
give away or dispense any liquor to a minor, insane person, habit-
ual drunkard, or to any person intoxicated; and whosoever shall