HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1437

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 25 of Article 2B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition, ), title "Alcoholic Bever-
ages", sub-title "Licenses", be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as
follows:

25. (Death of Licensee. ) Upon the death of the holder
of any license issued under the provisions of this Article
other than Class E and Class F licenses, the license shall
expire, provided, however, that upon application to the
Comptroller, or the Clerk of the Court issuing such license,
as the case may be, and upon the payment of a fee of One
Dollar ($1. 00), made by the executors, or administrators
of the deceased licensee, a certificate of permission may
be granted for the continuation of the business in the name
of such executors or administrators for the benefit of the
Estate of the deceased for a period not exceeding eight
months from the date of any such permission, unless the
license shall sooner expire, in which case upon application
by the executor as above provided: a renewal license for a
period not exceeding 8 months after the death of the license
holder may be issued subject to the right of protest, revo-
cation, suspension and restriction as in other cases, upon
the payment of a pro rata license fee for such period, and
during the period of such continuation the said license and
the executors or administrators of the deceased shall be
subject to all of the provisions of this Article. If the busi-
ness of the licensee be not continued as above provided,
his executors or administrators shall be authorized to apply
for and obtain any refund to which the deceased would
have been entitled if his license had been surrendered for
cancellation upon the date of his death. No Class E or
Class F license shall expire or become inoperative because
of the death and/or incompetency of one or more, but less
than all, of the persons to whom it is issued for a company.
If all of the persons to whom it is so issued shall die and/or
become incompetent during its term, such license shall ex-
pire ten days thereafter, but, upon application within such
ten days, accompanied by a fee payment of $1, by a person
on behalf of such company, the Comptroller shall issue a
new license replacing, and continuing the privileges of,
such license to the end of the license year.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 6., 1943.