EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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tioners apply or applies for a license to do business, stating
the full name, residence or place of business of each person

Endorsements
of petitioners.

certifying that they have been acquainted with the petitioner

or petitioners for one year preceding said application for said

license, and that they have good reason to believe and do be-

lieve that all the statements contained in said petition are true.

and that they therefore pray that the prayer of said petitioner

be granted and the license be issued as prayed for. If, after

the notice provided for in this Act, there be no remonstrance

filed with said clerk against the issuing of any licenses prayed

for, said clerk shall issue such license upon said petitioner

filing with said clerk a bond as hereinbefore provided, and

paving to said clerk for license to keep an oyster house, cook

shop, victualling house, tavern, lager beer saloon or any or-

dinary license to sell spirituous or fermented liquors, the

sum of sixty dollars, fifty dollars of which shall be paid to the

State as licenses are now paid and ten dollars shall be paid

to the Treasury of Allegany County for county purposes, ' and

paying for licenses to sell spirituous or fermented liquors by

retailers, under Article 56, Sections 55 to 66, inclusive, as

aforesaid, the license fee required by said Article 56, Sections

55 to 66, inclusive; provided, however, that if there be any

remonstrances against the issuing of such license to any one

petitioning therefor, the said clerk shall not issue the same,
and the Circuit Court for Allegany County shall fix a day

Remonstrances
to be heard.

as early as practicable when petitions and remonstrances shall

be heard, and said court shall, in its discretion, whenever in

its opinion the petitioner or petitioners is or are unfit person

or persons to be granted such license, or in the discretion of

the court the place for which license is applied for is not a

proper one with reference to the location of any of the public

schools or churches of the county, or with reference to the

public peace and general welfare of the neighborhood or to

the character of its inhabitants direct, said clerk not to issue

the same, but if said court shall determine that such license

shall be issued, then the clerk shall issue the same; provided,

that no license under this Act shall be issued to any applicant

therefor until the license fee hereinbefore provided for shall

have been paid and the bond hereinbefore provided for shall

have been given, filed and approved.

175D. No license to sell spirituous or fermented liquors or
lager beer in Allegany County in the quantities prescribed in

Character of
applicant for

this Act shall be granted to any other person or persons than

license.

are citizens cf the United States, of temperate habits and good