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of all recommendations for and remonstrances against the
granting of licenses, and of their action thereon; and the vote
of the members of said Board, by yeas and nays, shall be taken
on the question of granting or refusing every application for
license, and said records of said Board shall, at all suitable times
be open to the inspection of the public; all necessary books and
stationery shall be furnished by the Mayor and City Council' of
Baltimore, and all salaries and expenses necessarily incident to
the business of the Board shall be paid by said Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore.

670. The said Board shall fix the salaries of all clerks ap-
pointed by them for the performance of the duties imposed by
this sub-division of this Article; and the members of said Board
shall each receive a salary of two thousand dollars annually, to
be paid as the salaries of officers of the City of Baltimore are
paid.

671. No licenses to sell intoxicating liquors, other than by
wholesale traders, distillers, brewers, rectifiers and bottlers of
fermented liquors, shall be granted in the City of Baltimore
except by said Board, and only to citizens of the United States
of temperate habits and good moral character, who have com-
plied with the requisites of this sub-division of this Article.

672. That all licenses to sell spirituous or fermented liquors
shall expire on the first day of May next ensuing the date of
their issue, and shall be issued for twelve or six months only,
and for no other periods of time; all twelve months' licenses
shall be granted to begin only from the first day of May in the
year of their issue, and all six months' licenses shall be granted
to begin only from the first day of November, and from no other
time, in the year of their issue; and all applications shall be
filed before the first day of May or the first day of November,
respectively ; provided, however, that for the twelve months'
licenses two hundred and fifty dollars shall be paid, and for the
six months' license one hundred and twenty-five dollars shall
be paid; and provided further, that nothing in this section shall
be construed to affect the transfer of licenses as now provided
in this law.
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