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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Give bond.

stabling to be at all times sufficient for five horses at least, all said beds and chambers to be and remain on the same premises on which intoxicating liquor is by this act licensed to be sold, and each applicant shall also file in the office of said clerk, his bond duly executed to the State of Maryland, with at least two sureties to be approved by said clerk, in the penal sum of fifteen hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful observance of the provisions of this act, and the payment of any and all fines, penalties and clam-ages which may be imposed or recovered under the act, which said bond shall be responsible to all such persons hereinafter described as may be injured by the sale of intoxicating liquors sold by any person

Proviso.

licensed under this act; provided however, that if there shall not be twelve freeholders resident in the school district in which the house may be situated where intoxicating liquors is expected to be sold, or if said house be not situated within the limits of any school district, in such case it shall be sufficient that the certificate required by this section, shall be signed by twelve freeholders, resident in the election district in which such hotel may be situated.

Required to pay.

SEC. 169. Before any person can obtain a license under this act he shall be required to pay to the said clerk for the license to be issued as hereinafter directed, for each place of sale of intoxicating liquor the sum of money which is now, or which may hereafter be required by the general law of the State, to be paid into the Treasury of the State, and shall in addition thereto pay the said clerk for a license to sell by the drink the sum of one hundred dollars, or for a license to sell by measure, fifty dollars for one year, or for a fractional part of a year pro raid, to be paid by said clerk to the Board of County School Commissioners of Worcester county, to be by said board applied to and used as a part of the public gene-

Liable

ral school fund of said county, and the bond of the said clerk shall be liable for the payment of said money on suit instituted by said board, and all licenses issued under this act shall expire on the first day of May next thereafter, and whenever the foregoing provisions have been fully complied with, it shall be the duty of the said clerk to issue to the applicant