1390                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 700

subtitle "Local Licenses and License Provisions," and to enact
new Section 32(c) in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the
section repealed, TO ENACT NEW SECTION 21(I-2) TO SAID
ARTICLE AND TITLE OF SAID CODE, SUBTITLE "BEER,
WINE AND LIQUOR LICENSES," TO FOLLOW IMMEDI-
ATELY AFTER SECTION 21(I-1) THEREOF AND TO RE-
PEAL AND RE-ENACT, WITH AMENDMENTS, SECTION
21(J) OF SAID ARTICLE, TITLE AND SUBTITLE OF SAID
CODE, to allow alcoholic beverage licensees in Cecil County to
acquire different class and/or type licenses under certain pro-
cedures, AND TO CREATE A CLASS D BEER, WINE AND
LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THIS COUNTY.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 32 (c) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Local
Licenses and License Provisions," be and it is hereby repealed, and
that new Section 32 (c) be enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the section so repealed, and to read as follows:

32.

(c) During the period beginning August 1, 1968, and ending on
September 1, 1968, and during this same period in every fourth year
thereafter, any licensee in the county who has held any class of
license for a period of not less than four years prior to July 1, 1968,
or any fourth year thereafter, may apply to the board of license
commissioners for the issuance of any class or type of license other
than the license then being held. DURING THIS SAME PERIOD IN
EVERY FOURTH YEAR THEREAFTER, ANY LICENSEE IN
THE COUNTY WHO HAS HELD ANY CLASS OF LICENSE FOR
A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR YEARS MAY APPLY TO
THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ISSU-
ANCE OF ANY CLASS OR TYPE OF LICENSE OTHER THAN
THE LICENSE THEN BEING HELD. The board shall publish notice
of the application in one newspaper of general circulation in the
county on each of two successive weeks. Thereafter the board shall
hold a public hearing on the date fixed in the notice. The board may ap-
prove the application in its discretion, but in approving the applica-
tion, the board shall consider the general reputation and character
of the applicant, the manner of his conducting and operating the
business presently being licensed and the public necessity for the
license for which application is made. The board, before approving
any application, shall require an inspection of the premises for which
the application is made and shall require the premises to comply
with all of the rules and regulations of the board applicable thereto.
In all respects, other than as provided herein, the application shall
be subject to the requirements of the provisions of this Article ap-
plicable in the county. The fee for the issuance of any license under
this subsection shall be as follows: for a change from one class
of beer license to any other class of beer license, from any class of
beer and wine license to any other class of beer and wine license
or from any class of beer, wine and liquor license to any other class
of beer, wine and liquor license, the fee for the transfer is one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00); for a change from any class of either
beer license or beer and wine license to the same class of beer, wine
and liquor license, the fee for the transfer is two thousand dollars