FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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there; second, the particular place for which a license is

What peti-
tion to

desired, designating the same by street and number if

contain.

practicable and if not by such other apt description as

definitely locates it ; third, the place of birth of such appli-

cant, and if a naturalized citizen, when and where natural-

ized ; fourth, the name of the owner of the premises upon

which the business is to be carried on ; fifth, a statement

that the aplicant is a citizen of the United States, and that

it is necessary for the accommodation of the public that the

place should be licensed ; sixth, that the applicant is not,

or if the applicant is from a firm, that none of the applicants

are in any manner pecuniarily interested in the profits of

the business couducted in any other place in said city where

any intoxicating liquors are sold or kept for sale ; seventh,

that no person except the applicant is in any manner

pecuniarily interested in the business petitioned to be

licensed, and that no other person shall be pecuniarily

interested therein during the continuance of the license ;

eighth, that the applicants have not nor has any of them

had a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this

State revoked, nor has been couvicted of any crime within

one year preceding the filing of said petition ; ninth, the

petition must be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner,

made before a justice of the peace; if any false statement is

made in any part of said petition, the petitioner or petitioners

shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon indictment and

conviction thereof his license shall be revoked and he shall

be subject to the penalties provided by law for that crime.

SEC. 184 I. No license shall be issued to any person or

No license

persons until he, she or they shall have paid the license fees

to issue til

provided for in the succeeding sections; and such license

fee is paid

may be transferred and assigned to any person competent to

take out license upon the assignee complying with all the

requirements of this act provided for taking out licenses.

except that no additional charge or fee shall be collected for

said transfer.

SEC. 184 J. If after notice and heariug the mayor, coun-

sellor and aldermen shall decide to grant the license prayed

Cost of

for they shall notify the applicant of such decision and the

licenses

applicant shall thereupon pay to the collector and treasurer

of the city of Annapolis the sum of money specified below

to wit : For a hotel, restaurant or other place in which dis-

tilled liquors or admixtures of distilled liquors containing

more than fifteen per cent, of alcohol are sold by retail, the

sum of two hundred dollars ; for a hotel or restaurant or

other place in which only fermented liquor or liquors con-

taining less than fifteen per cent, of alcohol are sold, the sum