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for is not the proper one with reference to the location of any of the pub-
lic schools or churches of the county, or if the petitioner has not complied
with all the prerequisites of this Act, direct said clerk not to issue the
same, but if said court shall determine that said license shall be issued,
then the clerk shall issue the same, and the judge hearing said petition
and remonstrance shall place the costs of such hearing as he may deem
equitable and just; 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 given, filed and approved.

1906, ch. 524.

639. In addition to the sum now required by law for a license to sell
spirituous, fermented or intoxicating liquors in quantities less than a pint
the clerk shall demand and receive, before issuing such license, from any
and all persons applying for such license to sell spirituous, fermented or
intoxicating liquors at any place within one mile of the corporate limits
of Williamsport, in Washington county, the sum of five hundred dollars
for the same, and also a fee of fifty cents as a fee to the clerk, in addition
to that now allowed by law.

1886, ch. 24S. 1908, ch. 380, sec. 322 (p. 1045).

640. No license to sell spirituous, fermented or intoxicating liquors
or lager beer in said Washington county shall be granted to any other
person or persons than those who are citizens of the United States and a
resident or residents of Washington county for one year as aforesaid,
except that such license can be granted to a person or persons who have
not resided in said county for one year; provided, said person or persons
shall have been a regularly licensed dealer in said liquors or been in said
county for two years preceding the first day of May, 1908, and all appli-
cants must be of temperate habits and good moral character who has or
have complied with the provisions and requirements of this Act, excepting
as hereinbefore provided in this Act. No license under this Act shall be
issued for a longer period than one year, and all licenses shall expire on
the first day of May in each year; if issued for a shorter period, the
licensee shall pay for every month for which his license is to run until
the first day of May, one-twelfth of the annual charge for such license.
No lager beer or malt liquors shall be sold in Washington county by the
bottler thereof, except to licensees under this Act, nor shall any bottler
sell lager beer or malt liquors in any quantities to be drunk on the prem-
ises, unless he or they shall have first been granted a saloon or oyster house
license under this Act.

1908, oh. 380, sec. 323 (p. 1046).

641. The clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington county shall keep
a full record of all applications for licenses and all recommendations for
and remonstrances against the granting of any license or licenses thereon,
whether the same be granted or refused to be granted, and such records