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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="15-1503" title_number="15" title_name="Caroline County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <text>Before the Board issues a license, the Board shall consider and determine as suitable:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the moral character and financial responsibility of the applicant;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the appropriateness of the location of the place described in the application, taking into consideration the number of existing licenses; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>the general fitness of the applicant to uphold the public trust.</text>
  </level>
</section>
