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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 296

signed and sworn to before some one justice of the peace of
said county by at least ten respectable freeholders of said

Oath to be
taken.

county living within one mile of the place at which such
business is to be carried on, who shall make oath that they
are freeholders as aforesaid and that they know the matters
and things set forth in the application to be true and believe
the applicant to be a fit person to traffic in the article; but
no signer shall be allowed by said clerk to sign for more
than one place to sell liquors in said district within one
calendar year, but every applicant for a license to sell
liquor or beer within the corporate limits of the town
of Bladensburg must further have his or her applica-
tion endorsed by a majority of the commissioners of
said town, and no license shall be issued until the peti-
tion or application is so endorsed. It shall be the duty
of the clerk of said court to verify the tax assessment of the
place of business of every applicant, and to see that the pro-
visions relating to the signing of only one petition are
enforced, and to see to it that every such signer is a free-
holder of record under a penalty of a fine of $100 for every
license issued in violation of the above provision of this Act
relating to such matters. Every applicant for a license to

Application to
be filed.

sell in said districts shall file his application at least two
weeks prior to the time he desires such license issued, and
upon receipt of the same the clerk shall cause to be published
once, in one newspaper published in said county, the fact
that such applicant has applied for a license in the district
for which the application is made.

Section 253 B. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell

Unlawful to
sell liquor on
Sunday, etc.

any spirituous or fermented liquors or alcoholic bitters on
the Sabbath day, commonly called Sunday, or to any minor,
or to any person while intoxicated, whether made so in the
place where he applies to buy any liquors or intoxicating
drinks or elsewhere, or between the hours of one o'clock and
five o'clock A. M., and for the violation of this section such
violator shall forfeit and pay, on conviction thereof, not less
than one hundred dollars, nor more than three hundred
dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less
than ten nor more than thirty days, or both fine and impris-
onment, in the discretion of the court, and upon conviction
for the same offense the second time the person so convicted
shall be liable to double the maximum penalty of either fine