REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY 85

STATEMENT "GG"

Baltimore, Maryland
October 1st, 1939

Honorable J. Millard Tawes,
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, 1938, and ending September 30th, 1939.

The total result of the inspection of licenses over the State of Maryland for the year
1938-39 amounted to $58,935.56. Of this amount, $20,117.65 was collected in Baltimore
City, which included a penalty of $3,153.97. In the counties $38,817.91 was collected,
which included a penalty of $5,664.94, and the total amount of penalty collected over
the State was $8,818.91.

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 ........................	380
Cigarette .......................	95
Restaurant ......................	46
Soda Fountain ..................	19
Garage .........................	40
Laundry ........................	18
Plumbers and Gas Fitters.........	37
Moving Picture Parlors ...........	8
Cleaners, Dyers and Pressers.	39
Billiard Tables ..................	22
Bowling Alleys ..................	51
Construction Firms (Resident and
Non-Resident) ................	19
Chain Stores ....................	58
Brokers (Stock, Merchandise and
Real Estate) ..................	27
Miscellaneous Licenses ...........	78
Total.................	937
COUNTIES
Kind of License		Number
Traders ...................		752
Cigarette .......................		309
Restaurant ..................		88
Soda Fountain ..................		47
Garage .........................		22
Laundry ........................		18
Plumbers and Gas Fitters..........		19
Moving Picture Parlors...........		14
Cleaners Dyers and Pressers ......		43
Billiard Tables ..................		29
Bowling Alleys ..................		91
Construction Firms (Resident and
Non-Resident) .................		27
Chain Stores ....................		33
Brokers (Stock, Merchandise and
Real Estate) ..................		6
Miscellaneous Licenses ...........		52
Total ...............:		1,550

NOTE: Miscellaneous Licenses consist of the following licenses: Bill Brokers, Horse
Brokers, Carnivals, Cash Registers and Adding Machines, Check Rooms, Circus, Com-
mercial, 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 Florists.