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comply with the provisions of this section for a period not
exceeding thirty days and such license may be further sus-
pended or revoked after hearing, as hereinafter provided.

REVOCATIONS AND SUSPENSIONS OF LICENSES.

42. REVOCATION AND SUSPENSIONS—CAUSES
FOR WHICH LICENSES MAY BE REVOKED OR
SUSPENDED. Any license issued under the provisions of
this Act may be revoked or suspended by the Comptroller
in the case of licenses issued by him, the Board of License
Commissioners for Baltimore City, or any County in the
case of Licenses required to be approved by them, and by
the Bureau of State Licenses in all other cases, for any
cause which in the judgment of the official, board or bureau,
as the case may be, shall be necessary to promote the peace
or safety of the community in which the place of business
is situated, and such license must be revoked or suspended
for the following causes: (1) conviction of the licensee for
the violation of any of the provisions of this Act; (2) the
wilful failure or refusal of any licensee to comply with any
rule or regulation that may be adopted in pursuance of this
Act; (3) the making of any material, false statement in
any application for a license; (4) two or more convictions
of one or more of the clerks, agents, employees and servants
of a licensee under the provisions of this Act of any viola-
tion on the licensed premises, within a period of two years;
(5) the possession upon the premises of any retail dealer
other than the holder of a Class E or Class F license of
any alcoholic beverage upon which the tax imposed by this
Act has not been paid; (6) the violation of the provisions
of Section 28 of this Act; and (7) the wilful failure of any
licensee to keep the records required by this Act or to
allow the inspections of such records by a duly authorized
person and (8) possession of any alcoholic beverage which
any licensee other than the holder of a Class E or Class F
license is not licensed to sell.

43. REVOCATIONS AND SUSPENSIONS, PRO-
CEDURE. The Comptroller, the Board of License Com-
missioners for any County or Baltimore City, or the Bureau
of State Licenses, as the case may be, may on its own initia-
tive or upon the written complaint of ten or more citizens,
residents, real estate owners and voters of the precinct in
which any licensed place of business is situated, or upon
the complaint of any deputy or inspector employed by the
Comptroller in the administration of this law, or any peace
officer, after a hearing upon charges to be framed by the