(A) A license shall be purely a personal privilege, good for not to exceed one year after issuance unless sooner revoked as in this chapter provided, and shall not constitute property, nor shall it be subject to attachment, garnishment, or execution, nor shall it be alienable or transferable, voluntarily or involuntarily, or subject to being encumbered or hypothecated. Such license shall not descend by the laws of testate or intestate devolution, but it shall cease upon the death of the licensee; provided, that executors or administrators of the estate of any deceased licensee, when such estate consists in part of alcoholic liquor, may continue the business of the sale of alcoholic liquor under order of the appropriate court, and may exercise the privileges of the deceased after the death of such decedent until the expiration of such license, but not to exceed six months.
(B) Any licensee may renew his or her license at the expiration thereof; provided, he or she is then qualified to receive a license and the premises for which such renewal license is sought are suitable for such purpose; and provided further, that the renewal privilege herein provided for shall not be construed as a vested right which shall in any case prevent the President from decreasing the number of licenses to be issued within this jurisdiction.
(Prior Code, § 3-1-9) (Ord. passed 1-4-1943)