2420                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 440

78.

(a) Upon the death of the holder of any license issued
under the provisions of this article other than Class E, Class F
and Class G licenses, the license shall expire, except as herein
otherwise provided, provided, however, that upon application
WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE DEATH OF THE LICENSEE to the Comptroller,
or the clerk of the court issuing such license, as the case may
be, and upon the payment of a fee of one dollar ($1.00), made by
the executors or administrators of the deceased licensee, a
certificate of permission may be granted for the continuation of
the business in the name of such executors or administrators for
the benefit of the estate of the deceased for a period not
exceeding eighteen months from the date of any such permission,
unless the license shall sooner expire, in which case upon
application by the executor or administrator as above provided a
renewal license for a period not exceeding eighteen months after

the death of the license holder. HOWEVER, WHEN IT IS

DEMONSTRATED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE BOARD OF LICENSE

COMMISSIONERS BY THE EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE,
THAT THE ESTATE CANNOT BE SETTLED WITHIN THE 18-MONTH EXTENSION
PERIOD BECAUSE OF LITIGATION, THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
MAY GRANT TO THE EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD
OF TIME FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE BUSINESS. Such certificates
of permission and renewal licenses issued will be subject to the
right of protest, revocation, suspension and restriction as in
other cases, upon the payment of a pro rata license fee for such
period, and during the period of such continuation the said
license and the executors or administrators of the deceased shall
be subject to all of the provisions of this article. The said
administrator or executor to which the aforesaid certificate of
permission has been granted may assign or transfer said license
for the benefit of said estate, and upon the approval of the
application for said transfer or assignment, the said license
shall be considered reinstated upon the payment of the balance of
the license fee which might be due to the expiration of the
license year. If the business of the licensee be not continued
as above provided, or if the said license be not transferred or
assigned, his executors or administrators shall be authorized to
apply for and obtain any refund to which the deceased would have
been entitled if his license had been surrendered for
cancellation upon the date of his death. No Class E, Class F or
Class G license shall expire or become inoperative because of the
death and/or incompetency of one or more, but less than all, of
the persons to whom it is issued for a company. If all of the
persons to whom it is so issued shall die and/or become
incompetent during its term, such license shall expire ten days
thereafter, but, upon application within such ten days,
accompanied by a fee payment of $1.00 by a person on behalf of
such company, the Comptroller shall issue a new license
replacing, and containing the privileges of, such license to the
end of the license year.

(C) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY TO CARROLL COUNTY.