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LAWS OF MAEYLAND.

citizen of the United States; third, the place of birth of
the applicant, and if a naturalized citizen, where and
when he was naturalized ; fourth, the name of the owner of
the premises on which the business licensed is to be carried
on ; fifth, that the applicant is not, or, if the application be by
a firm, that none of the applicants is, in any manner pecuni-
arily interested in the profits of any business conducted at any
other place in said county where any spirituous or fermented
liquors are sold or kept for sale; sixth, the kind of license
desired, whether to sell in quantities not less than a pint and
not to be drunk on the premises; or by the drink, and in quan-
tities not more than four and seven-eighths gallons; or by the
drink, and in quantities not more than a quart; and whether for
the purpose of opening or keeping a saloon or restaurant, or an
ordinary or hotel ; and if for the purpose of opening or keeping
an ordinary or hotel, that he has, bona tide, and without intend-
ing to evade the requirements of this law, provided and expects
to maintain at least six good beds with sufficient covering there-
for, and three rooms more than sufficient for the private uses
of the keeper of said ordinary or hotel, with stabling and
provender tor at least five horses; seventh, the particular place
where the business is to be conducted under the license sought,
specifying the same by definite designation and description ;
eighth, that no person except the applicant or applicants is in
any manner pecuniarily interested in the business to be licensed,
and that no other person shall be in any manner pecuniarily
interested therein ; and which said application shall be verified
by the affidavit of the applicant, made before the clerk of the
court to whom the application is made; and if any false state-
ment is made in any part of said application, the applicant or
applicants shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon indict-
ment and conviction shall be punished accordingly, and any
license issued upon such application shall be suppressed.

Certificate to
be filed with
application.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That there shall be annexed to
said application a certificate signed by at least nine reputable
freeholders, bona tide residents of the neighborhood in which
the applicant proposes to conduct the business under the
license applied for, in which each of the persons certifying
shall state his residence or place of business ; that he is over
twenty-live years of age; how long he has known the appli-
cant; that he believes the statements made in the application
to be true ; that from his knowledge of the applicant or appli-
cants, and his acquaintance with him or them, he believes the
applicant to be a proper person or the applicants to be proper