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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

fill observance of the provisions of this act,
and the payment of any and all fines, penalties
and damages which may be imposed or recov-
ered under this act; which said bond shall be
responsible to all such persons hereinafter de-
scribed, as may be injured by the sale of spirit-
uous or fermented liquor sold by any person
licensed under this act; provided, that each
surety on said bond shall make affidavit before
said Clerk, or before a Justice of the Peace of
said county, that said surety is the owner in
fee-simple of unencumbered real estate in Cecil
county, of the assessed value of at least one
thousand dollars, and that said surety has not
within the current year, executed a bond for
any other applicant to sell spirituous or fer-
mented liquors in Cecil county.

SEC. 217. The Clerk of the Circuit Court may,
in his discretion, require such further and other
proof by the written affidavit of other parties
to be filed in his office as to the sufficiency of

Misdemeanor.

said bond as he may deem proper, and if said
Clerk shall wilfully or negligently grant a li-
cense to any person who shall not have com-
plied with the provisions of this act, said Clerk
shall, upon indictment and conviction there-
for, be fined not less than fifty nor more than
three hundred dollars for each offence.

SEC. 218. No license to sell spirituous or
fermented liquor in Cecil county, shall be
granted to any hotel-keeper who shall have
complied with the provisions of this act, until

Special hotel
tax.

such applicant, in addition to the sum or sums
of money now required, or which may here-
after be required to be paid by the General
License Law of the State, shall also pay to
said Clerk the sum of one hundred dollars, to
be paid to the County Commissioners of Cecil
county by said Clerk, for the use of said
county.

SEC. 219. No license to sell spirituous or fer-
mented liquor in Cecil county, shall be granted