WASHINGTON COUNTY. 4889

P. L. L,., 188S, Art. 22, sec. 320. 1886, ch. 248. 1896, ch. 159. 1898, ch. 214.
1908, ch. 380, sec, 320 (p. 1042).

637. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell spirituous,
fermented or intoxicating liquors in Washington county, State of Mary-
land, until he shall comply with the following conditions: First, every
person proposing to sell any liquors as aforesaid in said county, shall file
with the clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington county his or their
petition for such license, and shall at the same time pay to said clerk two
dollars for expenses connected therewith, and said clerk shall cause to be
published three times in at least one newspaper published in a town or
city in which, or near to which, said applicant's place of business is to be
located, a list of names of all such applicants, their residence, when re-
quired under this Act, and place of business for which such application
is made and where, under the provisions of this Act, the publication might
be made in one of several newspapers, the applicant may designate the
one in which the publication may be made. The first publication shall
not be less than twenty days before the time fixed by said clerk for con-
sideration of such application. Second, the said petition shall state the
names and residences, when required under this Act, of the applicant or
applicants, and how long he or they have resided in said county, when
required under this Act. Third, the particular place for which the license
is desired, designating the same by street and number, if practicable, and,
if not, by such other apt description as definitely locates it. Fourth, the
name of the owners of the premises upon which the business, if licensed,
is to be carried on. Fifth, the statement that the applicant or applicants;
is or are a citizen or citizens of the United States. Sixth, that the appli-
cant or applicants have not, nor has either of them, had a license for
the sale of intoxicating liquors revoked under the provision of this law,
nor has any person whose license has been revoked under the provisions
of this Act any interest in the business to be carried on under the license
hereby applied for, nor will the applicant or applicants permit such per-
son or persons to acquire any such interest during the existence of the
license applied for. Seventh, whether the said liquors are to be sold in
quantities less or more than five gallons and whether ale and beer alone
are to be sold, or ale and beer with other liquors. Eighth, that he 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 on Christmas 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. Ninth, that he or they
will not permit gambling or keep, or permit to be kept a bawdy house in
said house or on said premises, or the gathering together in said house or
on said premises of women for lewd or immoral purposes. Tenth, that
said applicant or applicants has been or have been a resident or residents
of said Washington county for more than one year prior to the filing of
said application; this provision not to apply to proprietors of hotels of
thirty or more bed rooms, or to regularly licensed dealers in intoxicating
or fermented liquors in said county who have been such for two years