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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That the said clerk in giving

Notice.

the notice, required by section five of this act, shall embrace

in one notice all the names of all the persons whose applica-

tion shall have been filed at the time of giving such notice,

separating them only so far as to make such notice easily

intelligible to the public ; and if any of the days for the

giving of such notice shall be a Sunday, then such notice

shall be given upon the next succeeding day, or as

soon thereafter as practicable, so as to secure two weekly

insertions of such notice in a newspaper before the time

fixed for cause to be shown against the issuance of the

license applied for.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That clerk of the county who

records the said application, certificates and affidavits

Cost of
licenses.

shall file aud carefully preserve the same, and after giving

the said notice, if no cause be shown to the contrary,

or if cause be shown, and the said judge shall direct in

writing that the license be issued, shall issue to said appli-

cant or applicants the license applied for upon receiving

from the applicant or applicants the following sums or

license fees, viz.: If the license be for twelve months

and for opening or keeping an ordinary, or hotel, and to

sell thereat spirituous or fermented liquors by the drink, or

in quantities of not more than four and nine-tenths gallons

the sum of one hundred dollars ; if the license be for twelve

months and to sell spirituous or fermented liquors by the

drink or in quantities of not more than four and nine-tenth

gallons at a saloon, bar-room or any other place than an

ordinary or hotel, the sum of two hundred dollars ; if the

license be for twelve months and to sell spirituous or fer-

mented liquors in quantities not less than a pint and not

to be drank on the premises, the said clerk shall inquire

of the applicant under oath, to be by such clerk adminis-

tered, as to the value of the stock of spirituous or fer-

mented liquors he intended to keep on hand in the business

he proposes to conduct under the license applied for, and

if it shall appear from the statement there made under

oath, that the value of the applicant's stock of spirituous

or fermented liquors will not exceed one thousand dollars,

the license fee shall be two hundred dollars, if more than

one thousand dollars, and not exceeding two thousand

dollars, the license fee shall be three hundred dollars ; if

more than two thousand dollars the license fee shall be three

hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted. That if the license applied

for shall be for nine, six or three months, then the