Ch. 99                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

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. The clerk shall issue the license applied for
upon presentation of the certificate, and the payment of the fee
required. IN CARROLL COUNTY, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE
APPLICATION, THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE THE LICENSE UPON PAYMENT TO
THE BOARD OF THE FEE REQUIRED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, IN
CARROLL COUNTY THE TERM "CLERK" SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEAN "BOARD OF
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS". 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 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.

158.

(a) The several boards of license commissioners herewith
are authorized and empowered to issue the alcoholic beverages
licenses provided for by this article in their respective
jurisdictions.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 99

(House Bill 642)

AN ACT concerning

Kent, Cecil, and Queen Anne's Counties - Electioneering

FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain conduct within a certain
distance of a polling place during an election in Kent,
Cecil, and Queen Anne's Counties; clarifying language; and

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