884: LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 670

advice and consent of the Senate, if in. session, and if not in
session, then the Governor alone, shall appoint in Baltimore
City, and in each of the counties of Prince George's, Calvert,
Wicomico and Worcester Counties three persons who shall
constitute and be styled "The Board of License Commissioners,
for Baltimore City or........ County, " as the case may be.

In making said appointments, the Governor shall designate
one of the appointees in Baltimore City and each of said
Counties to be the Chairman of the respective Boards. Said
Commissioners shall be residents and voters of Baltimore
City or the respective counties, as the case may be, and they
shall be men or women of high character and integrity and
of recognized business capacity. In case of any vacancies in
the number of said License Commissioners in Baltimore City
or in any County occurring when the legislature is not in
session, the Governor shall appoint some eligible person to
fill the vacancy during the remainder of the term of office of
the person originally appointed. In each of the following
Counties the respective Boards of County Commissioners
shall constitute the Board of License Commissioners: Carroll,
Cecil and Dorchester Counties.

In Baltimore County, the Board of County Commissioners
shall appoint annually three persons who shall constitute the
Board of License Commissioners for said County and the said
Board of License Commissioners shall hold their 'office, possess
the powers, perform the duties and be subject to removal as
herein prescribed, except that the Board of County Commis-
sioners shall have the power to remove the members of said
Board for causes herein prescribed. The County Commission-
ers of said County shall fix and determine the salaries of the
Chairman and members of said Board of License Commis-
sioners; provided that no member of said Board shall receive
an annual salary of more than Two Thousand Dollars
(12, 000. 00).

In Montgomery County, the Liquor Control Board created
and appointed as hereinafter provided shall constitute the
Board of License Commissioners for said County.

In the City of Annapolis, the Mayor, Counselor and Alder-
men of the City of Annapolis shall constitute the Board of
License Commissioners for the City of Annapolis and have
power to receive applications for beer licenses, Classes A, B,
C and D, and for beer, wine and liquor licenses, Classes A,
B and C, for places of business located in the City of An-
napolis, and have power to fix the fees for all such licenses
in said City; in the event of approval they shall issue a certi-
ficate to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County, which shall be sufficient authority to said Clerk to
issue the license upon the payment of the fee prescribed. They