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then the application shall be disapproved and
the license applied for shall be refused. If no such
findings are made by the Board, then the application shall
be approved and the said Board shall issue its certificate of
approval for presentation to the Clerk of the Court of the
County in which the place of business is to be located, and
the said Clerk shall issue the license applied for upon pres-
entation of said certificate, and the payment of the fee
required.

7. PROCEDURE IN ISSUE OF LICENSES IN COUN-
TIES HAVING NO BOARD OF LICENSE COMMIS-
SIONERS. In those counties having no Board of License
Commissioners, at least one week before the Clerk shall
issue any license, he shall cause a notice of the application
to be advertised one time in some newspaper published or
generally circulated in the County or City in which the
licensed place of business is proposed to be located, and the
said notice shall indicate that the license will be granted
unless a written protest is filed with the Clerk of the Court,
on or before the expiration of one week from the date of
such publication. No such protest shall be valid to delay
the issue of such a license unless the same has been signed
by ten or more reputable citizens of the state who are real
estate owners in the voting precinct in which the busi-
ness sought to be licensed is to be carried on.

If such objections against the granting of any such
license in any of the counties are filed with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for the County in which the business is to be
conducted, then the application, the objections and any
other papers or documents appertaining thereto shall be
forthwith transmitted by the Clerk of the Court to the
Bureau of State Licenses, which, for the purpose of ad-
ministering this Act, shall comprise the Chief Inspector,
provided for by Section 7 of Article 56 of the Code of Pub-
lic General Laws, and not more than two assistants to be
appointed by the Comptroller, subject only to the approval
of the Governor, and the said Bureau, after due notice to
the applicant and to one or more of the objectors or their
attorney, at the address disclosed upon the protest, shall
proceed to hear and determine the said objections and shall
notify the Clerk of the Court of the Bureau's findings
thereon. If the Bureau determines that the granting of
the license is not necessary for the accommodation of the
public, or that the applicant is not a fit person to receive
such license, or has made a material false statement in his
application, or has practiced fraud in the application, or