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months; on or before the first day of July, if he desires a
license for nine months; on or before the first day of October,
if he desires a license for six months; on or before the first day
of January, if he desires a license for three months; shall file
an application in writing with the clerk of the Circuit Court
for Baltimore County, in which he shall state: First, the name
and residence of the applicant and how long he has resided
there; second, that he is a citizen of the United States and has
been for twelve months next preceding the filing of such appli-
cation a bona fide resident of the State of Maryland, and for
three months preceding the filing of such application a bona
fide resident of Baltimore county; third, the place of birth of
applicant, and if a naturalized citizen, when and where he was
naturalized; fourth, the name and owner of the premises upon
which the business licensed is to be carried on; fifth, that the
applicant is not, or if the application is by a firm, that none of
the applicants are in any manner pecuniarily 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 quantities not more than a
quart; seventh, the particular place where the business is to be
conducted under the license sought, specifying the same by defi-
nite designation and description; eighth, that no person, except
the applicant or applicants is in any manner pecuniarily inter-
ested in the business petitioned to be licensed, and that no other
person shall in any manner pecuniarily interested therein dur-
ing the continuance of the license asked for; ninth, that the ap-
plicants have not nor has any of them had a license for the sale
of intoxicating or fermented or spirituous liquors in this State
revoked, nor have they nor any of them been convicted of any
felony within two years preceding the filing of said petition;
and which said application shall be verified by the affidavit,
made before the clerk of the court, to whom the application is
made; and if any false statement is made in any part of said
application, the applicant or applicants shall be deemed guilty
of perjury, and upon indictment and conviction shall be pun-
ished accordingly, and any license issued upon such application
shall be suppressed.

223. There shall be annexed to said application a certificate
signed by at least ten reputable taxpayers, bona fide residents
of the neighborhood in which the applicant proposes to conduct
the business under the license applied for, in which the persons
certifying shall each state his residence or place of business;
that he is over thirty-one years of age; how long he has known