72 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 5

shall in its discretion direct said Clerk not to issue said
license whenever in its opinion any petitioner or petitioners
(whether a remonstrance shall have been filed or not) is or
are an unfit person or persons to be granted such license or
in the discretion of the Court when the place for which the
license is applied for is not a proper one with reference to
the public peace and general welfare of the neighborhood
or to the character of its inhabitants, due regard being
given to the number of said licenses issued for said neigh-
borhood as well as all specific restrictions and conditions
set forth in this Act, and provided further that the Court
shall restrict the granting of the number of those licenses
designated as "light beer, beer, wine and liquor license, "
classes A and B, as described in Sub-section 5 of Section 301
of this Act, so that the number of both classes thereof, in-
clusive, shall not exceed more than one to every fifteen hun-
dred persons residing in Allegany County as determined
by the last United States census. If, after the hearing as
herein provided, the Court shall determine that the license
applied for shall be issued, then it shall direct the Clerk to
issue the same; provided that no license under this Act
shall be issued to any applicant therefor until the license fee
shall have been paid and the bond herein provided for shall
have been given, filed and approved by the Court or the
Clerk thereof and all other provisions of this Act complied
with. At the time of filing the application for said license,
the applicant shall pay to the Clerk such sum of money as
may be necessary to provide for the payment of the costs
relating to the publication and notice.

Section 306. Every person applying for a license under
the provisions of this Act who shall file with the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Allegany County, his, her or their
petition for such license shall at the same time pay to the
said Clerk $2. 00 for expenses connected therewith; and the
said Clerk shall cause notice of such application to be pub-
lished once in each week for two successive weeks in at
least one newspaper published in the town or city in which,
or nearest to which, the applicant's proposed place of busi-
ness is to be located. The residence of the applicant
and the location of the place of business and the owner of
the premises for which said application is made, and where,
under the provisions of this Act, the publication might be
made in one of several newspapers the applicant may desig-
nate the one in which the publication shall be made; the
first publication shall be not less than fifteen days before
the time fixed for the consideration of such application.