72 REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY

STATEMENT "GG"

Baltimore, Md.,
October 1st, 1938.

HONORABLE WILLIAM S. GORDY, JR.,
Comptroller of the Treasury,
Annapolis, Maryland.

Honorable Sir:

I herewith, submit the following report of the License Inspectors of the
State of Maryland for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 1937, and ending
September 30th, 1938.

The total result of the inspection of licenses over the State of Maryland
for the year 1937-38 amounted to $52,356.60. Of this amount $23,218.64 was
collected in Baltimore City, which included a penalty of $3,207.39. In the
counties $29,137.96 was collected, which included a .penalty of $4,585.31, and
the total amount of penalty collected over the State was $7,792.70.

I again recommend the restoration of the "less than 1600 sq. ft." Garage
license to $15.00 per year (which it formerly was) instead of the present
cost of this license, which is $5.00 per year. The cost of this license for
less than 1600 sq. ft. is entirely inconsistent, with the present scale of
prices of Garage licenses.

Every county in the State has been visited by an Inspector during the past
fiscal year, and we find the license situation in Baltimore City and the
Counties in. splendid condition, the receipts being.well ahead of the last
fiscal year. The following is a list of the different kinds of licenses found
to be necessary by the State License Inspectors in Baltimore City and
Counties, and which had not been secured:

BALTIMORE CITY
Kind of License	Number
Traders .....................	411
Cigarette ....................	105
Restaurant ...................	54
Soda Fountain ................	14
Garage ......................	36
Laundry .....................	21
Plumbers and Gas Fitters.......	42
Moving Picture Parlors........	7
Cleaners, Dyers and Pressers. . . .	27
Billiard Tables ...............	29
Bowling Alleys ...............	70
Construction Firms (Resident and
Non-Resident) .............	25
Chain Stores .................	89
Brokers (Stock, Merchandise and
Real Estate) ................	41
Miscellaneous Licenses .........	101
Total ....................	1,072
COUNTIES
Kind of License		Number
Traders ...........		772
Cigarette .... ...............		195
Restaurant ... ...............		67
Soda Fountain ................		41
Garage .... .................		17
Laundry . . ..................		16
Plumbers and Gas Fitters.......		20
Moving Picture Parlors .........		11
Cleaners. Dyers and Pressers. . . .		49
Billiard Tables................		28
Bowling Alleys ................		55
Construction Firms (Resident and
Non-Resident) ..............		22
Chain Stores ..................		26
Brokers ( Stock, Merchandise and
Real Estate) ................		17
Miscellaneous Licenses..........		41
Total..................		1,377

NOTE: Miscellaneous Licenses consist of the following licenses: Bill Brokers, Horse
Brokers, Carnivals, Cash Registers and Adding Machines, Check Rooms, Circus, Commercial,
Mercantile and Protective Agencies, Hawkers and Peddlers, Junk Dealers, Livery Stables,
Non-Resident Wholesale Tobacco Dealers, Pawnbrokers, Shoe Shining Parlors and Hat
Cleaning Establishments, Shows, Stevedores. Storage Warehouses, Theatre, Trading Stamp
Companies, Typewriting Machines, Wholesale Dealers in Farm Machinery and Wholesale
Liquor Druggist.