972 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 522

hood in which the applicant or applicants propose to con-
duct business under the license applied for, in which the

person certifying shall each state his or her place of resi-
dence or place of business; that he or she is over twenty-
one years of age; how long he or she has known the appli-
cant or applicants; that he or she believes the statements
contained in the application to be true; that from his or
her knowledge of the applicant or applicants, and his or
her acquaintance with him or them, he or she believes the
applicant or applicants is or are a proper person or persons
to have the license herein provided for, and he or she accord-
ingly recommends the issuing of the license applied for;
but where a person signs more than one application and a
license has actually been issued under one of such applica-
tions, his name shall not be considered on the other appli-
cations, and as to them, his signature shall be treated as
a nullity and disregarded by the court, and in cases where
a person has signed more than one application and no
license has been issued as above mentioned, the court shall
decide upon which application his name shall be considered,
and when the court shall have determined the application
upon which his name shall be considered, his signature
upon others shall be disregarded, it being the intent of
this Act that no person shall validly sign more than one
application; but this section shall not apply to wholesale
dealers nor to brewers.

415. Upon the filing of such application and certificate
the applicant or applicants shall pay to the clerk with whom
the same are filed the sum of two dollars, to be applied to
paying the expense of advertising as hereafter provided
for, and thereupon such clerk shall, upon the first day of
June, if such license is for twelve months, or upon
the first day of December if such license is for six
months, publish a notice in some newspaper published
in said county for two successive weeks, giving notice. that
the applicant or applicants have filed such application,
specifying the kind of license applied for and the place
where the business is to be conducted, and stating that
unless cause to the contrary is shown in writing on or
before the fifteenth day of June or December next
ensuing, as the case may be, the license applied for,
if approved and directed to be issued by the court,
will be issued; and if the Circuit Court shall approve
and order the granting and issuing of such license to the
applicant or applicants, it shall be the duty of the clerk to