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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

remonstrances shall be heard, and said conrt shall, in its dis-
cretion, whenever in its opinion the petitioner or petitioners
is or are unfit persons to be granted such license, direct the
said clerk not to issue the same; but if said court shall deter-
mine that such license shall be issued, then the clerk shall issue
the same; provided, that no license under this act shall be
issued to any applicant therefor, until the license fee herein-
before provided for shall have been paid, and the bond herein-
before provided shall have been paid, and the bond herein
required shall have been filed and approved.

To whom
licenses may
be granted.

175 D. No license to sell spirituous or fermented liquors or
lager beer in Allegany county, in the quantities prescribed in
this act, shall be granted to any other person or persons than
such as are citizens of the United States of temperate habits
and good moral character, who have complied with the
requirements and provisions of this act. Any person having
a license under the requirements and provisions of this act,
may sell spirituous liquors in quantities not greater than one
quart at any one time, but may sell said spirituous liquors in
quantities as great as or less than one quart at any one time.
No person having a license to sell "spirituous or fermented
liquors by retailers," under article 56, sections 55 to 66, inclu-
sive, shall sell spirituous or fermented liquors or lager beer in
quantities less than one pint at any one time, unless he shall
have complied with the provisions of this act. No license
under this act shall be issued for a longer period than one
year; if issued for a shorter period the licensee shall pay for
every month for which his license is to run, one-twelfth of the

Expiration of
license.

annual charge for such license, and all such licenses shall expire
on the first day of May succeeding their issue. No lager
beer or malt liquors shall be sold in Allegany county by the
bottler thereof, in quantities less than one dozen pints, unless
such bottler shall have complied with the requirements of this
act; nor shall said bottler sell lager beer or malt liquors in any
quantities to be drunk on the premises, unless he, she or they
shall have complied with the requirements of this act. No
retail dealer who has procured a license to sell spirituous or
fermented liquors or lager beer under the provisions and
requirements of this act shall sell lager beer or malt liquors in
quantities greater than one dozen pints, but may sell lager beer
or malt liquors in such quantities, and nothing in this act shall
be construed to prevent said retail dealer under the provisions
of this act from bottling and selling lager beer or malt liquors
in quantities not greater than one dozen pints to be drunk on
the premises or elsewhere.