586                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 301

the fees for the same are paid for, and the record for the same is
maintained.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 60(a) heading "Boards of license commissioners," sub-
heading "General procedure" and 63(n) heading "Disposition of li-
cense fees," subheading "Prince George's County" of Article 2B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition) be amended RE-
PEALED AND RE-ENACTED WITH AMENDMENTS to read as
follows:

60. Boards of license commissioners.

(a) General procedure.—Before the board of license commis-
sioners for Baltimore City or any county shall approve any license,
the said board shall cause a notice of such application to be published
two times in two successive weeks, in three newspapers of general
circulation in Baltimore City, if the applicant proposes to do busi-
ness in said city, and if the applicant proposes to do business in
any of the counties, in the two newspapers of general circulation
in said county where two newspapers are published, and if not,
then in one newspaper having a general circulation in said county;
the said notice shall specify the name of the applicant, the kind of
license applied for, and the location of the place of business proposed
to be licensed, and the time and place fixed by the board for hearing
upon the application which shall be not less than seven, nor more
than thirty days after the last publication. At the time fixed by the
notice for hearing upon the application or upon any postponement of
such time, any person shall be heard on either side of the question.
If the board of license commissioners for said city or any county
determines that the granting of the license is not necessary for the
accommodation of the public or that the applicant is not a fit person
to receive the license applied for, or has made a material false state-
ment in his application, or has practiced fraud in connection with
said application, or that the operation of the business, if the license
is granted, will unduly disturb the peace of the residents of the
neighborhood in which the place of business is to be located, or that
there are other reasons, in the discretion of the board, why the
license should be issued, then the application shall be disapproved
and the license applied for shall be refused. If no such findings
are made by the board, then the application shall be approved
and the said board shall issue it certificate of approval for presenta-
tion to the clerk of the court of the county in which the place
of business is to be located, or to the clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in Baltimore City, as the case may be, and the said clerk shall
issue the license applied for upon presentation of said certificate,
and the payment of the fee required [.], except that, in Prince
George's County, such certificate of approval shall not be presented
to nor payment made to the clerk of the court, rather, if no such
findings are made by the board, then the application shall be ap-
proved and the said board shall issue the license applied for, after
payment of the required fee to the Treasurer of Prince George's
County, provided that said board shall maintain a record of licenses
issued.