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Application
for license.
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or fermented liquors in said town, shall file with the clerk of
the Circuit Court for Dorchester county a written application
for a license, signed by the applicant or applicants, and sworn
to before said clerk, or some justice of the peace in and for
said county, stating the full name or names, age and residence
of the applicant or applicants, the exact locality in said town,
designated with particularity, where the proposed place of sale
is situated, the name of the owner or leaser of the house, that
the applicant or applicants will keep a quiet and orderly house,
that he or they will not permit any person, manifestly or
apparently intoxicated, to drink any such liquors in the house
or on the premises, while in such state of intoxication, that he
or they will not sell or allow to be sold in said house, or on the
premises, any such liquors, on Sundays or election days, or
after 12 o'clock at night, or knowingly sell or allow to be sold
therein or therefrom, to minors or persons manifestly or appar-
ently intoxicated, at any time, or allow such minors or intoxi-
cated persons to drink such liquors in said house or on the
premises, and the juvenile appearance of any person shall, in
the construction of this law, be sufficient to put the vendor of
liquors upon inquiry; and all bar rooms established under the
provisions of this act shall be located at least one hundred
yards from any public school, and shall be what are termed
open bar-rooms, and shall not be hidden or screened from
public view, under penalties of section 8 of this act.
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Certificate of
freeholders.
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Second. The applicant or applicants shall at the same time
file with the said clerk a writing, signed by at least ten respect-
able freeholders of the ward in said town where the proposed
place of sale is located, stating that they personally know the
applicant or applicants, and believe his or their statement, filed
as above, to be true, and that he or they will faithfully observe
the matters therein sworn to, and recommend that a license be
issued to such applicant or applicants.
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Bond of
applicant
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Third. The applicant or applicants shall at the same time
file with the said clerk a bond to the State of Maryland in the
penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faith-
ful performance of the matters and things stated in the appli-
cation for license and for the payment of all fines, penalties
and costs, which may be imposed upon the applicant or appli-
cants, for the violation of any of the promises contained in
said application, or the violation of this or any other law or
laws, relating to or regulating or providing for the sale of
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