The secretary shall, upon the compliance with sections 4:12-2 to 4:12-4 of this Title, issue to the applicant a license entitling him to conduct the business of buying milk and cream from producers for the purposes specified in section 4:12-2 of this Title, at an office or station at the place named in the application until July first next following. If application is made subsequent to July first in any year the license shall run until July first next following.

A license shall not be issued, however, to any applicant if, during the year preceding the application, a complaint from any producer and seller of milk and cream has been filed with the secretary against the applicant on any ground specified in section 4:12-17 of this Title, and such complaint has been established as true and just to the satisfaction of the secretary after such complaint has been investigated by him in the manner provided in sections 4:12-14 and 4:12-15 of this Title. This paragraph shall not apply to any complaint which has been adjusted to the satisfaction of the secretary.

Amended by L.1949, c. 249, p. 801, s. 4.