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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 870

contained in § 56 of this article, concerning the two-year
residence requirement for applicants hereunder, the said
board of license commissioners of Howard County shall have
power to waive the said two years' residence requirement in
any case in which the applicant, or applicants, is the bona
fide purchaser of a going business for which a license is in
existence or has owned the premises for which a license is
sought for a period of at least two years next preceding the
filing of the application. Such applicant shall be a
resident of the county and the board shall be satisfied that
he is of good character.

(2) (I) THE APPLICATION SHALL STATE THAT THE
APPLICANT IS 21 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; AND

(II) THE APPLICATION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED
BY A CHECKLIST AND POLICE CONSENT FORM.

60.

(N) (1) IN HOWARD COUNTY, UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW
LICENSE, A TRANSFER OF A LICENSE, A CHANGE IN THE CLASS OF
THE LICENSE, OR AN EXTENSION OF THE LICENSED PREMISES, THE
HOWARD COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS SHALL POST A
NOTICE OF THE HEARING ON THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE
APPLICATION.

(2)  THE POSTING SHALL EXIST FOR NO LESS THAN 15
DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING.

(3)  THE POSTING SHALL BE MADE BY THE ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES INSPECTOR WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE APPLICANT.

68.

(h) (1) In Worcester [County], Wicomico [County],
Dorchester [County, and], Somerset [County], AND HOWARD
COUNTIES, notwithstanding any other provision of Article 2B,
any corporation or club holding any class of alcoholic
beverage license may, during any license year, substitute
the name of one of its officers for the name of any other
officer on the license when the deleted officer has died,
retired, been removed from office, or no longer holds an
office in the corporation or club if the substitute is a fit
person approved by the board and can meet all the
requirements the substitute would have to meet if the
substitute were named in the original application. The
corporation or club shall file an affidavit with the board
of license commissioners showing the substitution of the
officer or officers with an explanation of the substitution.
Upon receipt of the affidavit the board shall amend its
records and issue a new license with the corrected names on
it. The corporation or club shall pay a fee of $5 to the
board of license commissioners for this service. In
Wicomico County the fee is $10. In Worcester County, the fee