36 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 2

22. TRANSFER OF LICENSES. Any holder of a
license under the provisions of this Act, may be
permitted to transfer his place of business to some
other location or to sell or assign said license and
his stock in trade to another person, provided that
application for such transfer or sale shall be made, and
the new location or assignee shall be approved as in the
case of an original application for such license. Such trans-
fer or assignment when made shall be endorsed upon the
license by the official issuing the same, upon the payment
of a fee of One Dollar ($1. 00) in addition to the costs of
publication and notice, which shall be paid at the time of
the filing of the application for the transfer or sale; pro-
vided, however, that nothing in this section shall apply in
Howard County.

23. LOST LICENSES—DUPLICATES. Whenever any
license issued under the provisions of this Act has been
lost or destroyed, the official issuing such a license shall
have power, upon application under oath, and upon the
payment of a fee of One Dollar ($1. 00), to issue another
license, upon which shall be endorsed the word "duplicate",
in addition to all of the information which appeared upon
the original license.

24. RESTRICTIONS AS TO NUMBER OF LICENSES
IN ANY COMMUNITY, AND THE HOURS DURING
WHICH ANY LICENSEE MAY OPERATE. The Board
of License Commissioners for Baltimore City, and the
Board of License Commissioners for any County, respect-
ively, shall in addition to all other powers granted
by this Act have full power and authority at any time to
limit the number of licenses which they shall consider suffi-
cient for any neighborhood, to further restrict the hours
prescribed by this Act during which any licensee may op-
erate, and to divide any community into districts and pre-
scribe prohibited areas in which no licenses may be issued.
Any applicant or licensee feeling aggrieved by any such
limitation, restriction or prohibition imposed by any such
Board shall be entitled to appeal as hereinafter provided.

25. GENERAL REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS UPON
PURCHASES BY RETAIL DEALER. No retail dealer
other than the holder of a Class E or Class F license
shall purchase any alcoholic beverages except from a duly
licensed manufacturer or wholesaler under the provisions
of this Act, or in the case of beer, from the holder of a
Class A beer license, and no retail dealer shall at any time