HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1257

Local* Laws of Maryland, title "Alcoholic Beverages",
relating to licenses, jurisdiction and procedure in the
issuance of licenses in the counties having no Board of
License Commissioners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly o j Maryland,
That Sections 18, 34, 41-A and 93 of Article 2B of the Code
of Public Local* Laws of Maryland, title "Alcoholic Bever-
ages", relating to licenses, jurisdiction and procedure in
the issuance of licenses in the counties having no Board of
License Commissioners be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

18. Procedure in Issue of Licenses In Counties having
no Board of License Commissioners. In those counties
having no Board of License Commissioners, at least
two weeks before the Clerk shall issue any license, he
shall cause a notice of the application to be advertised
two times in some newspaper published or generally
circulated in the county or city in which the licensed
place of business is proposed to be located, and the said
notice shall indicate that the license will be granted unless
a written protest is filed with the Clerk of the Court, on
or before the expiration of two weeks from the
date of the first publication. No such protest shall be valid
to delay the issue of such a license unless the same has been
signed by ten or more reputable citizens of the State who
are real estate owners in the voting precinct in which the
business sought to be licensed is to be carried on.

If such objections against the granting of any such
license in any of the counties are filed with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for the county in which the business is to be
conducted, then the application, the objections and any
other papers or documents appertaining thereto shall be
forthwith transmitted by the Clerk of the Court to the
Bureau of State Licenses, which, for the purpose of admin-
istering this Article, shall comprise the three citizens of the
State to be appointed by the Comptroller, subject only to the
approval of the Governor: The Comptroller shall desig-
nate one of said members to be the Chairman of the Bureau,
who shall receive a salary of Twenty-five hundred dollars
($2500) per annum, the other two members shall each
receive salaries of Eighteen hundred dollars ($1800)
per annum. The said Bureau, after due notice to
the applicant and to one or more of the objectors
and shall notify the Clerk of the Court of the Bureau's
findings thereon. If the Bureau determines that the grant-
ing of the license is not necessary for the accommodation
of the public, or that the applicant is not a fit person to
receive such license, or he has made a material false state-

* "Public General" evidently intended.