FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

persons to have the privilege of selling spirituous or fermented
liquors, and he accordingly recommends the issuance of the
license applied for.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That upon the filing of such

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application and certificate, the applicant shall pay to the clerk
with whom the same are tiled, the sum of two dollars, to be
applied to paying the expense of advertising as hereinafter
provided for, and thereupon such clerk shall insert in two
successive issues in some weekly newspaper published in said
county, prior to the fifteenth day of the month preceding the
month for which the license is to begin, a notice that such
application has been tiled, specifying the kind of license
applied for, and the place where the business is to be con-
ducted, and stating that unless cause be shown to the contrary,
in writing, on or before the aforesaid fifteenth day of the
month preceding the month with which the license is to begin,
the license applied for will be issued, provided the applicant
complies with the requirements of this law requisite thereto,
as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if any person shall file

Advertise-
ment.

with such clerk, in writing, within the time specified, any
reason why the license applied for should not be granted, such
clerk shall forthwith present the application and certificate
and the objection to a judge of the Circuit Court for said
county, and such judge shall proceed to hear and determine
the question as to whether the license applied for shall be
issued or not, after giving such notice to the applicant and
objector as such judge shall deem reasonable, and shall award
the cost of such hearing as such judge shall deem equitable
and just.

Objections to
granting a
license.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the court who
receives the said application, certificates and affidavits, shall
file and carefully preserve the same, and after giving the said
notice, if no cause be shown to the contrary, or if cause be
shown and the said judge shall direct in writing that the license
be issued, shall issue to said applicant or applicants the license
applied for, upon receiving from the applicant or applicants
the following sums or license fees, viz : if a license be for
twelve months and for opening or keeping an ordinary or hotel
and to sell thereat spirituous or fermented liquors by the drink,
or in quantities not more than one quart, the sum of one hun-
dred dollars; if the license be for twelve months and to sell
spirituous or fermented liquors by the drink, or in quantities

Cost of
licenses.