Chap. 468.—An ACT authorizing the auditor of public accounts to refund money
in certain cases.

Approved December 18, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That in any
case where the town council of any town in this State shall be author-
ized to grant licenses to sell various spirituous or malt liquors after the
applicant shall have been first licensed by the county or circuit court of
the county in which the town is located, with discretion vested in said
town council to grant the same or not, notwithstanding the applicant
shall have been licensed by the county or circuit court of said county
in which said town is located, that the auditor of public accounts be, and

he hereby is, authorized and directed to refund to any person who ha:
been licensed by the county or circuit court of any county in which said
town is located to sell various spirituous or malt liquors, but who ha:
been refused said license by the town council of said town by reason of
the provisions of the charter of said town giving the right to the council
of said town to refuse said license after the same had been granted to
the applicant by the county or circuit court of the county in which said
town is located, the amount paid by said applicant into the State treas-
ury, upon a certificate of the judge of the court which granted said b-
cense stating when said license was granted and the amount paid into
the State treasury by said applicant; and further, that the applicant, for
whom relief is sought, has produced before him satisfactory evidence of
the fact that said applicant was not permitted to conduct said busine:
under the license granted by said court by reason of the town council
of said town refusing to grant the same.

2. This act shall apply to any license granted by any court of this
State since January first, nineteen hundred and three.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.