HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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application, or that the operation of the business, if the
license is granted, will unduly disturb the peace of the
residents of the neighborhood in which the place of business
is to be located, or that there are other reasons, in the
discretion of the board, why the license should not be
issued, then the application shall be disapproved and the
license applied for shall be refused. If no such findings
are made by the board, then the application shall be
approved and the board shall issue its certificate of
approval for presentation to the clerk of the court of the
county in which the place of business is to be located[, or
to the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Baltimore City,
as the case may be]. The clerk shall issue the license
applied for upon presentation of the certificate, and the
payment of the fee required. In Prince George's County, the
certificate of approval may not be presented to nor payment
made to the clerk of the court. If no such findings are
made by the board, then the application shall be approved
and the board shall issue the license applied for, after
payment of the required fee to the treasurer of Prince
George's County, and the board shall maintain a record of
licenses issued. In addition, in Baltimore City, a license
may not be issued by the clerk of the [Court of Common
Pleas] CIRCUIT COURT 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.

67.

(d) No class of license previously applied for, for
the retail sale of alcoholic beverages shall be issued in
Baltimore City to any person who has been refused the issue
of any such class of license, nor to or for any premises for
which a license has been so refused, within a period of six
months from such refusal by the board of license
commissioners of Baltimore City or by the CIRCUIT COURT FOR
Baltimore City [Court], as the case may be. Provided, that
such restriction against the issue of a license to or for
any premises shall not be effective if in the judgment of
the board of license commissioners such refusal was directed
against the person or persons applying for the prior
license, and not against the premises in question.

175.

(b) (1) Any licensee or applicant for a license, or
any group of not less than ten persons who are residents or
real estate owners in the precinct or voting district in
which the licensed place of business is located or proposed
to be located, may appeal therefrom to the circuit court of
the county[, or in the city to the Baltimore City Court,]
upon payment of all costs incident to the hearing before the
local board or local licensing official.