668 LAWS OF MARYLAND, [CH. 314

signments of licenses, which said records shall be open to
inspection by any citizen of said County at all times during
regular business hours.

337F. Every license issued under the provisions of this
Article shall be upon forms prescribed by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court and shall be dated as of the date of issue and
shall expire at the end of the 30th day of April next after
its issuance, except as may be specifically made otherwise
by some provision of this Act; and the Clerk shall have
power to issue license hereunder at any time prior to the
30th day of April, and when such term of issuance shall
be for a period of less than one year, he shall charge license
fees at the rate of one-twelfth of the full license
fee for each month or part of month which the said license
shall have to run unto the said 30th day of April next.

337G. Every person receiving a license under the pro-
vision of this Act shall frame his license under glass and
place the same so that it shall be at all times conspicuous
and easily read in his place of business, and in the event
such license shall be lost or destroyed, he shall immediately
secure from the Clerk, upon, application under oath and
upon the payment of a fee of one dollar, a duplicate of the
original license which the Clerk shall issue to him in the
exact form of the original, which shall have the word "Du-
plicate" written across the face thereof and said duplicate
shall be displayed in the same manner as herein provided
for the original license.

337H. All renewals of all licenses issued hereunder
shall be made as of the first day of May in each year and
no person or persons theretofore having a license under
this Act shall be permitted to carry on the business for
which such expired license has been issued unless a new
license shall be secured under all the provisions of this Act.

3371. Licenses issued under the provisions of this Act
shall not be regarded as property or as conferring any prop-
erty rights, all such licenses shall be subject to suspension,
restriction, or revocation under the rulings of the County
Commissioners.

337J. No more than one license provided by this Act,
except by way of renewal, unless specifically set forth in
this Act, shall be issued to any person or persons or for
the use of any partnership, corporation, or unincorporated