FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 3. On filing such application the applicant or appli-

cants shall pay said clerk of the Circuit Court three dollars,

Fee.

and said clerk publish the name of the applicant or

applicants, together with the names of the freeholders

recommending the granting of such license or licenses, in

both newspapers now published in St. Mary's County, for

two weeks, H tat in g that if no objections in writing be filed

within that time, the license will be issued in five days

after the expiration of said two weeks. If objection be filed

within the time specified, the clerk if requested by the

applicant shall notify one of the judges of the Circuit Court

of such objection, and upon hearing at as early day as

Objections

practicable said judge shall decide whether or not such

license shall be issued ; and his judgment shall be final and

without appeal.

SEC. 4. In case of any complaint before a grand jury for

said county supported by competent testimony that the

Suppres-

manner of conducting the business licensed by any licensee

sion of
licenses..

is conducted in a disorderly manner and in violation of the

provisions of this act or of the provisions of the Public

General Laws, said grand jury shall present such place as a

nuisance and upon recommendation to the court the said

court shall suppress such license and no license- shall be

issued either to the person offending or violating the law

for the term of one year, nor shall a license be issued for

the sale of liquors for the said term of one year, and be it

enacted, that the license fee to be paid for such licenses at

the time of their issue shall be twenty -five dollars in excess

of the sum now charged for similar licenses, under article

fifty -six of the Code of Public General Laws ; and the

amount now charged under said article fifty-six for such

licenses shall be accounted for by the clerk to the State

treasurer as heretofore and the excess shall be paid by said

clerk to the county commissioners of said county of St

Mary's to be used for the purpose of said county.

SEC. 6. The fines and penalties for violation of the pro-

visions of this law. shall be the same as the fines and

Fines.,

penalties provided, or imposed for similar violations under

the provisions of the general liquor license law of the State

and all fines shall be promptly collected by the sheriff, anc

paid over to the county commissioners, or the treasurer of

the same, to be applied to county expenses.

SEC. 7. In prosecution for violations of the provisions of

this law, and for violations of the provisions of the general

Indict-

license law, it shall not be necessary to state any particular

ment.

kind of liquors sold in violation of the law, nor any

particular date, on which said liquor was sold.