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revocation or denial of renewal, transfer, or upgrading of that
alcoholic [beverage] BEVERAGES license. This section does not
preclude a church or school from applying for a 1-day license to
be used on their premises.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect word usage in Article 2B, §
52A(a)(l).

Occurred: Ch. 826, Acts of 1975.

60.

(a) Before the board of license commissioners for Baltimore
City or any county [approve] APPROVES any license, the board
shall cause a notice of such application to be published two
times in two successive weeks, in three newspapers of general
circulation in Baltimore City, if the applicant proposes to do
business in the city, and if the applicant proposes to do
business in any of the counties, in the two newspapers of general
circulation in the county where two newspapers are published, and
if not, then in one newspaper having a general circulation in the
county. The notice shall specify the name of the applicant, the
kind of license applied for, the location of the place of
business proposed to be licensed, and the time and place fixed by
the board for hearing upon the application. The hearing shall be
not less than seven[,] nor more than 30 days after the last
publication. At the time fixed by the notice for hearing upon
the application or upon any postponement of such time, any person
shall be heard on either side of the question. If the board of
license commissioners for the city or any county determines that
the granting of the license is' not necessary for the
accommodation of the public or that the applicant is not a fit
person to receive the license applied for, or has made a material
false statement in his application, or has practiced fraud in
connection with the 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. 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

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