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so inform the person, and the person shall thereupon be obliged to
engage his own counsel and to reimburse the office for the cost of the
services rendered to that time. If the person seeking legal representa-
tion is a child as that term is defined in Section 70-1 of Article 26 of
the Annotated Code and is eligible for the services of the Office, the
parents of the child shall be obliged to reimburse the Office, in such
amounts as they can reasonably be expected to pay, for the reasonable
value of the services rendered to the child.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 526
(House Bill 584)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 32 (c) of
Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supplement),
title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Local Licenses and License
Provisions," to provide various fees for the issuance of new and the
transfer of existing alcoholic beverage licenses in Cecil County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 32 (c) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Local Li-
censes and License Provisions," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

32.

(c) During the period beginning August 1, 1968, and ending on
September 1, 1968, any licensee in the county 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 succes-
sive weeks. Thereafter the board shall hold a public hearing on the
date fixed in the notice. The board may approve the application in
its discretion, but in approving the application, the board shall con-
sider 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 regula-
tions 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 applicable in the county. The fee for
the issuance of any license under this subsection shall be as follows: