698

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, beer and all other fermented and dis-

tilled liquors, and every mixture of liquors which shall contain

more than two per cent, by weight of alcohol and every mixture

of liquors which shall contain less than two per cent, of alcohol

if the same shall be intoxicating; nothing in this or the succeed-

ing sections of this sub-title shall be construed to authorize the

sale of any intoxicating liquors or any admixture thereof in any

part of said city where such sale now is or hereafter shall be pro-

hibited by special law.

184 B. The mayor, counsellor and aldermen of the city of An-

napolis shall keep a full record of all applications for license, of

all recommendations for and remonstrances against the granting

of licenses and of their action thereon; and the vote of the mem-

Open to
the public

bers of said corporation by yeas and nays shall be taken on the

question of granting or refusing every application for license,

and said records of said corporation shall at all suitable times be

open to the inspection of the public; all necessary books and

stationery shall be furnished by said corporation and all expenses

necessarily incident to the execution and enforcement of this and

the succeeding sections of this sub-title, shall be paid by the said

corporation.

184 C. No licenses to sell intoxicating liquors shall be granted

Who may

in Annapolis except by the mayor, counsellor and aldermen at a

obtain

meeting of said corporation, and only to citizens of the United

States of temperate habits and good moral character, who shall

have complied with the requirements of the succeeding sections

of this sub-title.

184 D. No license shall be issued for a longer period than one

year; if issued for a shorter period the licensee shall pay for

To expire.

every month for which his license is to run, one-twelfth of the

annual charge for such license, and all such licenses shall expire

on the first day of May succeeding their issue, on which day all

licenses issued by the said mayor, counsellor and aldermen shall

expire.

184 E. Every person applying for a license to sell intoxicating

liquors in said city, shall file with the said mayor, counsellor and

File peti-
tion.

aldermen, his, her or their petition for such license, and shall at

the same time pay to the collector and treasurer of said city ten

dollars for the expenses connected therewith, which shall be

credited on the license fee hereafter prescribed, if the same shall

be actually issued.

184 F. Said petition shall contain : first, the name and resi-

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

second, the particular place for which a license is desired, desig-

nating the same by street and number, if practicable, and if not

by such other apt description as definitely locates it; third, the

place of birth of such applicant, and if a naturalized citizen,