HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 457

as said sections were enacted by Chapter 314 of the Acts of
1935, relating to the issue of licenses for the sale of beer in
Garrett County, and to change Section 377R to Section
337QA.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 337C, 337D, 337P and 377R of Article 12
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Garrett County", sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating
Drinks", as said sections were enacted by Chapter 314 of the
Acts of 1935, be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, to read as follows:

337C. There shall be annexed to said petition, a petition
signed by at least six reputable citizens or voters or property
holders who have not signed any other petition for license
granted under this Act living or owning property in the vicin-
ity of the place for which license is applied, stating the full
name of, the residence of petitioners and list of property
owned by each of them and certifying that they have been ac-
quainted with the petitioner or petitioners for more than one
year preceding said application for license, that they know
petitioner to be a person of good moral character, that they
have good reason to believe and do believe that all the state-
ments contained in said petition are true, and they, therefore,
pray that said petition be granted and that the license be is-
sued as prayed for. Thereupon the Clerk shall cause notices
of such application to be published once in each week for two
successive weeks in at least one newspaper published in Gar-
rett County, the said publication to contain the name of the
applicant and the location of his place of business and the
names of his recommenders, the first publication to be not
less than fifteen days before the time fixed for the considera-
tion of said application. If after the notice provided for in
the Act there shall be no remonstrances filed with said Cle7-k
against the issuing of the same, the Clerk shall certify such
fact upon said application and immediately deliver the
application to the Court, who shall forthwith pass an order
setting a time when said Court shall sit for the purpose of
examining and finally passing upon said application; and it
shall be the duty of the Clerk to notify each of said applicants
of the time set for said hearing and request that said applicant
be personally present thereat to answer any and all such
questions as the Court may require of him touching upon said
application. If within the period of fourteen days after the
first publication of any license application a remonstrance
shall be filed against any application for a license, the Clerk
shall forthwith submit said application and remonstrance