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ance, suspension and cancellation of said permits in furtherance of
this subsection.

The annual fee for such a special Sunday "on-sale" permit shall be
five hundred ($500.00) dollars, which shall be in addition to the
annual fee for the beer, wine and liquor license, Class B, to which
it shall be attached.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1967.

Approved March 24, 1967.

CHAPTER 37
(Senate Bill 53)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 60 (a)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition
and 1966 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle
"Boards of License Commissioners," subheading "General Proce-
dure," correcting an error in the alcoholic beverages law and in
the portion thereof relating to the general procedure of boards
of license commissioners.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 60 (a) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition and 1966 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Bever-
ages," subtitle "Boards of License Commissioners," subheading
"General Procedure," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

60. (a) Before the board of license commissioners 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 business 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 ques-
tion. 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 statement in his application, or has practiced fraud in con-
nection with said application, or that the operation of the business,
if the license is granted, will unduly disturb the peace of the resi-