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                                             .MrNIC'|.PAl. LAW.
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                             Any {MM-Hou who Ims sigiunl the iiicinorial ajfain.st the ^nintiii}f of .such
                         license may lie hoard by the Board of ConnnLssionei's in opposition thereto.
                             In ease the character of tlu applicant is ohjected to, three days' notice
                         nm.st lie j^'iven the applicant before the objection shall be heard, inile.ss the
                          IJoard directs otherwise.
                             101. Petitions against Renewal of  licen.se in a residential locality,
                         si<fiied by not less than scventy-tive person.s, being at least a majority of
                          the electors in a pollin;j sub-division, may be presented to the Board of any
                         city, jiraying that any tavern license i.ssued in that sub-division be not
                          renewed on the ground of that the locality in which the premises are
                          situate is a residential and not a business locality.
                             1. Hefon^ circulating such petition ten resident electors may, by writing,
                          reiiuest the Hoard to decide whether or not such locality is a residential or
                         business  locality.  Notice of such application must be personally .sei'ved
                         on the owner, and if the owner is not the occupant, then upon the occupant
                         of the premises also, at least two weeks before the application  is delivered
                          to the Jjoard.
                             2. A written  notice, signed by at least ten resident electors of the
                          polling sub-division, setting forth the substance, of the petitions, must be
                          personally served upon the owner of such licensed premises, and  if the
                         owner  is not the occupant, then upon the occupant  also, and published
                         once each week for two successive weeks in a daily newspaper published
                          in the city.
                             3. The petitions shall be pre.sented within two months after service of
                         the notice of the intention to present the same and before the  1st day of
                          April, and tliere shall be annexed thereto a certificate under the hand of
                          tht! Clerk and seal of the corporation that the petition is signed by at least
                         a majority of the electors of the sub-division.
                             The signatures must also be verified by the statutory declaration of
                         at least one attesting witness.
                             TOK. Action by the Board.  The Board of License Commissioners
                         shall meet within one week after the receipt of the petition, and upon being
                         satisfied that the provisions here enumerated have been complied with, shall,
                         by  ri'solution, declare that the  license  for such premises  shall not be
                         renewed after the expiration of the next ensuing license year, nor any
                         other license in lieu thereof be granted to premises in said locality si) long
                         as the same is a residential locality.
                             100. New Applicants for License.  In case of an application for a
                         tavern or shop license by a person who is not at that time a licensee mider
                         the Act, or in case of an application for a transfer from another ])f)lling
                         sul)-division of such license to premises which are not then licensed, the
                          petition for the sajne must be accompanied by a certificate signed by the
                         majority of the electors entitled to vote at elections for the Legislative
                         A.ssembly in the polling sub-division in which said premises ai-e situate, and
                         the said majority must include at least one-thinl of such electors who are at
                          the time of such application residents within the said polling sub-division.
                             The license shall not be gi'anted  if a majority' of tha duly (])uilified
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