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	SEC. 136. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for said
	county shall diligently inquire as to the sufficiency
	of the bond, and the competency of the petitioners,
	required by section one hundred and thirty-four, and
	if he shall wilfully or negligently fail so to do, he	Liable to fine
	shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of
	a misdemeanor, and be liable to a fine, in the discre-
	tion of the circuit court, of not less than fifty nor
	more than one hundred dollars for each offence.
	SEC. 137. It shall be the duty of said clerk to
	require from each applicant for license, as aforesaid,
	in addition to any requirements of the General Li- cense Laws of this State, a written affidavit, to be	Require writ-
	filed in his office, in which said applicant shall state	ten affidavit.
	the situation of the house, or place of business, and
	premises, including all the buildings and ground oc-
	cupied or used in connection therewith, at or in
	which the sales to be authorized by said license may
	be or are proposed to be made ; the rate of rent or
	annual value thereof, and the owner of said house
	or place of business and premises ; also that each of
	the petitioners signing the petition of said applicant is such a freeholder as is required by section one hundred and thirty-four, and lives within three miles
	of the said proposed place of business of said appli-
	cant ; and said clerk may, in his discretion, require	May require
	such other and further proof, by the written affi-	other proof.
	davits of other parties, to be filed in his office, or
	otherwise, as to the compliance, in good faith, of said
	applicant with the requirements of this act, as he
	may deem proper.
	SEC. 138. All sums received by said clerk for
	the use of said county shall be accounted for and	All sums to
	paid over to the county school commissioners of said	be accounted
	county on the first day of January, of April, of July,	for.
	and of October of each and every year, and the said
	clerk shall be liable for all said sums on his official
	bond, and shall, in addition to the fees now allowed
	him, be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar for	Fees allowed.
	approving and filing the bond and other papers in
	each application, and five per cent, commission on
	the additional amount paid for license, over and
	above the amount paid to the State; said one dollar
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