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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the business to be carried on under the license hereby applied

for; nor will the applicant or applicants permit such person

or persons to acquire any such interest during the existence

of the license applied for; sixth, a statement as to which

of the two kinds of licenses granted under this Act is ap-

plied for; seventh, that he, she or they will not knowingly

sell or allow to be sold in said house or on said prem-

ises any liquors on Sunday or on Election Day, or to

minors or habitual drunkards, at any time, or allow a minor

to drink, loiter or loaf in said house, or on said premises;

eighth, that he, she or they will not permit gambling or keep

or permit to be kept a bawdy house in said house or on said

premises of the gathering together in said house or on said

premises of women for lewd or immoral purposes; ninth, that

Must be a voter

said applicant or applicants has been or have been a resident

and resident
of county.

or residents of said Allegany County for more than one year

prior to the filing of said application, and (if a male) en-

titled to register, shall be entitled to vote at the General Elec-

tion, to be held in the month of November preceding the filing

of said application; tenth, the names of not less than two repu-

table freeholders of Allegany County or of a bonding or

surety company, authorized to do business in the State of

Maryland, who will be his, her or their sureties or surety on

Sureties.

the bond that is required by this Act and statement (if per-

sonal security be given) that each of said sureties is a bona-

fide owner of real estate in said county worth over and above

all incumbrances the sum of five hundred dollars; eleventh,

that no person not a resident of Allegany County for the period

of one year prior to the date of filing said petition or a non-

resident of the State of Maryland shall have any interest in the

business for which licenses hereunder is applied for, provided

that nothing in paragraphs 9 and n shall apply to owners,

lessees or proprietors of hotels, bona-fide conducted as such and

who may keep a bar in connection with the running of such

hotel. This statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the

applicant or applicants made before a Justice of the Peace

False state-

or a Notary Public. If any false statement be made in any

ment and re-

part of said petition, the petitioner or petitioners shall, upon

vocation of
license.

indictment for and conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of

perjury, and such license be revoked and he, she or they be

subject to the penalties provided by law for that crime.

175C There shall be annexed to said petition a certificate

Reputable citi-

signed by at least six reputable citizens residing or doing

zens to sign

petition.

business in the neighborhood in which the petitioner or peti-