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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

against the same to the Mayor. And to ascertain who are

within three hundred feet of the place in which it is proposed

to sell any spirituous or fermented liquors, measurements shall

be made by starting from the center of the main entrance door

in the building or rooms in which it is proposed to sell said

liquors and from that point in the most direct line along or

across a public thoroughfare to the premises of any such resi-

dent said to be within said distance, and from such point in

a straight line to the dwelling house of any such resident,

which said measurements shall be made by the treasurer of

the said town of Laurel and by him handed to the Mayor of

said town on or before April 24 of each year, but such measure-

ments shall not be made more than ten days prior to May I

in any year, and anyone intending to make such application

shall notify the said Mayor in writing on or before April 20

of such intention, when it shall be the duty of the Mayor of

said town to instruct the said treasurer to make said meas-

urements; provided that in the event of anyone desiring to

City treasure-

secure a license at any time after the first day of May in each

er's duty in
premises.

year, said measurements shall be made by the said treasurer

in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, not more than five days

after notice to the said Mayor of an intention to make such

application.

7. The Mayor of the said town of Laurel shall on or before

the twenty-seventh day of April in each and every year issue

a certificate to each applicant for a license that the facts stated

Issuance of a

in said application he verily believes to be true, unless the same

certificate.

be shown to be untrue ; and upon said certificate, the said appli-

cation and the certificate required under Section 6 of this Act

being filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince

George's County, together with a receipt from the treasurer

of the town of Laurel for the sum of three hundred and fifty

dollars for one year or a proportionate part thereof for any

less time, which shall be the amount paid for the use of the

town of Laurel before any license shall be applied for to the

Clerk of the said Circuit Court under the provisions of this

Act. The said clerk shall issue to the said applicant, if all the

conditions of this Act appear to have been complied with, a

license for a period not longer than twelve months, upon re-

ceiving from said applicant the following sum or license fee,

viz : If the license be for twelve months and to sell spirituous

or fermented liquors the sum of one hundred dollars, for the

use of the County Commissioners of said county for public

roads; if issued for a shorter period the licensee shall pay