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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

paid over quarterly by said clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas to the State, as now provided by law, and when so paid
over, the Comptroller of the Treasury shall draw his warrant
upon the Treasurer, in favor of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, for three-fourths thereof, to be applied to the
general use of said city.

Hotel or ordi-
nary keepers.

SEC. 653 W. No hotel keeper, or ordinary keeper, shall re-
ceive a license to sell intoxicating liquors until lie shall first
have paid for and received a license to keep a hotel or ordi-
nary, as provided by law.

Sale or as-
signment of
license.

SEC. 653 X. Any holder of a license to sell intoxicating
liquors at retail, by the drink or otherwise, may be permitted
by said board, in their discretion, to sell or assign said license
to another person, to be used at the same or another place of
business, or to transfer his said license to another place of
business; provided, that the fitness and propriety of said
intended purchaser or assignee, and of said intended new
place of business, shall be first approved by said board, upon
due application therefor, recommendation by qualified voters,
advertisement of same in newspapers, etc., as required in case
of an original application for such license. Such sale or
assignment or transfer, when granted by said board, shall be
endorsed upon the license by the clerk of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas, who shall be entitled to receive a fee of fifty cents
therefor, and the same shall then take effect.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 14th, 1894.