BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                         1449

presentation of [said] THE certificate, and the payment of
the fee required[, except that, in]. IN Prince George's
County, [such] THE certificate of approval [shall] MAY not
be presented to nor payment made to the clerk of the court[,
rather, if]. IF no such findings are made by the board,
then the application shall be approved 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] AND THE board shall maintain a record
of licenses issued. In addition, in Baltimore City, [no
such] A license [shall] MAY NOT be issued by the clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas unless and until there is
presented to him a certificate, issued by the bureau of
assessments, showing that there are no unpaid taxes on the
merchandise, fixtures and stock of the applicant due to the
City of Baltimore or the State of Maryland.

(g) (i) (1) In Prince George's County, if the
applicant proposes to do business in an incorporated town,
written notice of the application shall [also] be given to
the governing body of [said] THE municipality. The
municipality has standing to appear at any hearing before
the board of license commissioners. If the application is
for a location within the corporate limits of the City of
Takoma Park, such license, if otherwise approved for issue,
[shall] MAY not be issued unless the mayor and city council
of Takoma Park [shall] approve [the] ITS issuance, [thereof;
provided, however, that the] THE provisions of this THE
PRECEDING sentence [shall] DO not apply to any application
for license by way of renewal or by way of transfer for the
same premises. If it [shall appear] APPEARS that more than
[fifty per centum] 50 PERCENT in numbers of the owners of
real or a leasehold property situated within [one thousand]
1,000 feet of the place of business for which application is
made are opposed to the granting of the license, then the
application [shall] MAY not be approved, and the license
applied for shall be refused[; provided, however, that the].
THE provisions of this THE PRECEDING sentence [shall] DO not
apply to any application for license by way of renewal or by
way of transfer for the same premises.

(2) APPLICATION AN APPLICATION MOST BE

SUBMITTED NOT LESS THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SET FOR A
HEARING FOR A NEW LICENSE OR A TRANSFER HEARING.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 352
(House Bill 720)