328 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 196
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read
as follows:
702. On and after July 1, 1929, it shall be unlawful to
maintain or operate a road house, restaurant, lunch-room,
cafe, inn, hotel or club for profit where public dancing is
permitted more than once a week in Prince George's County
without first having obtained a license from the Board of
County Commissioners of said county, and shall pay for
said license one hundred dollars ($100) per year.
Before any license shall be granted under the provisions
of this section, application shall be made in writing to the
said Board of County Commissioners, and a notice of such
application, or applications, giving the name or names, of
the applicant or applicants, the location and nature of the
proposed business or enterprise in each instance and noti-
fying all persons to file protests or appear before the said
Board on or before a day to be named therein, shall be
published at the expense of the applicant or applicants in
a newspaper of general circulation within Prince George's
County at least two weeks prior to the granting of any
license hereunder.
The said Board of County Commissioners shall have the
power to grant or reject any application for a license under
the provisions of this section, and shall also -have the
power, after notice and a hearing, to revoke any license
granted hereunder; but if any license is revoked, a refund
shall be given for the unused portion of said license.
All licenses shall expire on July 1 each year. The pro-
ceeds from said licenses shall be paid to the County Treas-
urer and be used for general County purposes.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1933.
Approved April 21, 1933.
CHAPTER 196.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
160 of Offutt's Revised Code of the Public Local Laws
of Baltimore County, Edition of 1929, title No. 14,
"County Treasurer, " (Flack's Code, 1930, Article 3, Sec-
tion 160), as repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
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