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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 385

MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

2.

Before any license for billiard or pool table, bowling
alley, chain store, coin—operated vending machine, garage,
music box, restaurant, or soda water fountain, or license
for the sale of cigarettes, or hawkers and peddlers, motion
picture and entertainment, construction firm or company, or
trader's license, shall be issued by the clerk of the
circuit court for any county or by the clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of Baltimore City, the applicant for such
license shall first file with the clerk, in duplicate, a
written application therefor in such form, and verified in
such manner, and containing such information as may be
prescribed by regulations of the Comptroller. On or before
the 10th day of each month the said clerk shall forward to
the State Department of Assessments and Taxation a duplicate
copy of each of the above—named licenses issued by him
during the preceding month, together with a duplicate copy
of the application for each such license. Provided,
however, that this section, insofar as it relates to
licenses for restaurants, shall not apply in Montgomery
County, wherein such licenses shall be issued by the county,
subject to such regulations, fees and charges in connection
therewith and penalties for the violation thereof as may be
prescribed by the County Council. However, within the
confines of Baltimore County the clerk of the court may not
issue any new or transferred traders license without first
securing the approval of the zoning commissioner or his
designated agent. IN HOWARD COUNTY (1)THE CLERK OF THE
COURT MAY NOT ISSUE ANY NEW OR TRANSFERRED TRADER'S LICENSE
WITHOUT FIRST SECURING THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING OR HIS DESIGNATED AGENT, AND

(2) THE DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNATED__AGENT MUST__NOTIFY__THE

CLERK OF THE COURT OF HIS APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL WITHIN

3-WORKING DAYS AFTER THE LICENSE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED TO
HIM FOR REVIEW.

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

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 386
(House Bill 1523)
AN ACT concerning

Washington Suburban Sanitary District