358 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 208

missioners of Howard County. The Board of County Com-
missioners shall hear and determine all such protests, with
power to administer oaths to witnesses, first notifying by
registered mail with return receipt the holder of the
license as well as the protestants to appear in person before
the Board at the time of hearing, which time of hearing
shall be not less than five (5) days nor more than fifteen
(15) days after filing in the office of the County Commis-
sioners of the protest by the Clerk of the Circuit Court,
and at said hearing those interested on either side of the
question shall be heard. If the Board of County Commis-
sioners shall determine from the evidence that the person
to whom the license is granted is not a fit person to have
such a license; or that such person has made a material
false statement in his application for the license or has
practiced fraud in the application; or that the operation
of the business for which the license is granted unduly
disturbs the safety and peace of the neighborhood in which
the place of business is located, then the license shall be
revoked and the unexpired portion of the license fee shall
be remitted to the holder of the license by the County
Treasurer on order of the County Commissioners. If no
such finding is made the petition of protest shall be dis-
missed. The County Commissioners shall cause their deci-
sion on all protests to be entered by written order within
five (5) days after hearing such protest. No order of the
County Commissioners revoking a license shall be effective
until immediately after the expiration of the time for filing
an appeal with the State License Bureau, as hereinafter
provided; and if an appeal be filed then the order of the
Board of County Commissioners shall be suspended pend-
ing the determination of the appeal. Each of the County
Commissioners, for his services rendered in hearing such
protests, shall be paid Ten Dollars ($10. 00) a day for each
day's attendance, but not more than One Hundred and
Fifty Dollars ($150. 00) per year to each County Commis-
sioner for such services; such amounts to be paid by the
County Treasurer on order of the County Commissioners
out of receipts from liquor license fees.

212-C. Any order of the County Commissioners shall be
subject to appeal to the State License Bureau provided for
in Article 2-B, Sec. 48 of the Code of Public General Laws,
by the holder of a license if the order of the County Com-
missioners be that such license is revoked; or if the order
be that the petition of protest is dismissed and the license
approved, then an appeal may be entered by not less than
five (5) of the objectors who filed the original protest.