ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 334.

AN ACT to regulate the sale and the granting of licenses for the

sale of spirituous and fermented liquors in Baltimore county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That no person shall hereafter sell, offer for sale, or keep for sale

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in Baltimore county any intoxicating liquors of any kind without

having previously obtained a license therefor as hereinafter pro-

vided; but this act shall not apply to sales made by any person

under a provision of law requiring him to sell personal property,

or for sales of cider or native wines by the makers thereof in un-

"broken or original packages and not to be drunk on the premises.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all licenses to sell spirituous

and fermented liquors shall expire on the first day of May next

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ensuing the date of their issue, and shall be issued for twelve,

nine, six or three mouths and for no other times.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person desiring to obtain

a license to sell spirituous or fermented liquors in Baltimore

county, shall on or before the first day of April, if he desires a

license for twelve months, on or before the first day of July, if

he desires a license for nine months, on or before the first day of

October, if he desires a license for six months, on or before the

first day of January, if he desires a license for three months, file

an application in writing with the clerk of the circuit court for

Baltimore county, in which he shall state: first, the name and

residence of the applicant, and how long he has resided there ;

second, that he is a citizen of the United States, and has been for

twelve months next preceding the filing of such application a

bona fide resident of the State of Maryland, and for three months

preceding the filing of such application a bona fide resident of

Baltimore county; third, the place of birth of the applicant, and

if a naturalized citizen, when and where he was naturalized;

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fourth, the name of the owner of the premises upon which the

business licensed is to be carried on; fifth, that the applicant is

not, or if the application is by a firm, that none of the applicants

are in any manner pecuniarily interested in the profits of any busi-

ness conducted at any other place in the said county where any

spirituous or fermented liquors are sold or kept for sale; sixth,

the kind of license desired, whether to sell in quantities not less

than a pint, and not to be drunk on the premises, or by the

drink, and in quantities not more than a quart; seventh, the

particular place where the business is to be conducted under the

license sought, specifying the same by definite designation and

description; eighth, that no person except the applicant or appli-
cants is in any manner pecuniarily interested in the business

petitioned to be licensed, and that no other person shall be in any

manner pecuniarily interested therein during the continuance of