ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 47

48. APPEALS. The decision of the Boards of License
Commissioners for Baltimore City and of the respective
counties in approving, suspending, revoking or restricting
or refusing to approve, suspend, revoke or restrict any
license, shall be subject to appeal to the State License
Bureau by the applicant for any license, the licensee
or not less than ten citizens, voters and real estate
owners residing in the precinct or voting district in which
the place of business is located or proposed to be located.
Upon the filing of any such appeal, all papers and testimony
produced before the Board of License Commissioners shall
be forwarded to the State License Bureau upon the pay-
ment by the appellant or appellants, of all costs incident to
the hearing before the Board of License Commissioners
every such appeal shall be heard by the State License
Bureau de novo. No such appeal shall be considered by
the License Bureau unless filed with the Board of License
Commissioners from which the appeal is taken, within ten
days from the determination by said Board and the said
Board shall not be required to forward any such papers
or transcribe any such testimony until the appellant has
paid or secured to be paid all costs incident to the hearing.
It shall be the duty of the State License Bureau to hear
and determine all such appeals within thirty days from the
date of the receipt of the papers and testimony from the
Board originally hearing the application, complaint or
charges, and if the decision appealed from is reversed the
costs paid by the appellants shall be recoverable by the
appellants from the appellees, in a civil action.

COUNTY DISPENSARIES.

48A. LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD—APPOINTMENT-
POWERS AND DUTIES—MONTGOMERY COUNTY. In
Montgomery County the Board of County Commissioners is
hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a Board, con-
sisting of five persons, who shall constitute and be styled
The Liquor Control Board for Montgomery County. In mak-
ing said appointments, the County Commissioners shall des-
ignate one of the appointees to be Chairman of the Board,
and one to be the manager of a County Dispensary. All
members of said Board shall be residents and
voters of Montgomery County, and persons of high
character, integrity and recognized business ca-
pacity. The members of said Board shall serve
for such terms and receive such salaries as may be
prescribed by the Board of County Commissioners. In case
of any vacancy the County Commissioners shall appoint some