498 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

673. Every person applying for a license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors in said City shall file with the said Board his, her or
their petition for such license, and said Board shall cause noti-
fication of said petition to be published three times in two news-
papers of general circulation in said City to be designated by
said Board, the first publication to be not less than fifteen nor
more than thirty days before the time fixed by the Board for
action on the said petition.

674. Said petition shall contain the name and residence of
the applicant, and how long he has resided there. 2d. The par-
ticular place for which a license is desired, designating the same
by street and number, if practicable, and if not, by such other
apt description as definitely locates it. 3d. The name of the
owner of the premises upon which the business licensed is to be
carried on. 4th. A statement that the applicant is a citizen of
the United States, and that it is necessary for the accommoda-
tion of the public that the place should be licensed. 5th. That
the applicants have not, nor has any of them had a license for
the sale of intoxicating liquors in this State revoked, nor has
been convicted of any crime within one year- preceding the
filing of said petition. 6th. That he or she will not knowingly
sell, or allow to be sold in the said house or on the said prem-
ises any such liquors on Sunday or on election days, or to
minors at any time, or allow a minor to drink in said house or
on said premises; that he or she will not keep, or permit to be
kept, a bawdy house in the said house or on the said premises,
or the gathering together in or the visitation to said house or
premises of women for lewd or immoral purposes. 7th. This
petition must be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner, made
before a Justice of the Peace; if any false statement is made in
any part of said petition, the petitioner or petitioners shall be
deemed guilty of perjury, and upon indictment and conviction
thereof, his license shall be revoked and he shall be subject to
the penalties provided by law for that crime.

675. There shall be annexed to this petition a certificate
signed by at least ten respectable qualified voters residing or