564 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 179.

AN ACT to regulate the sale and the granting of licenses for
the sale of spirituous and fermented liquors in Baltimore
couty.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That no person shall herafter sell, offer for sale, or keep
for sale in Baltimore county, any intoxicating liquor of any
kind, without having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter
provided; but this Act shall not apply to sales made by any
person under a provision of law requiring him to sell personal
property, or for sales of cider or native wines by the makers
thereof in unbroken or original packages, and not to be drunk
on the premises.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all licenses to sell spirituous
and fermented liquors shall expire on the first day of May next
ensuing the date of their issue, and shall be issued for twelve,
nine, six or three months, and for no other times.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person desiring to obtain
a license to sell spirituous or fermented liquors in Baltimore
county shall on or before the first day of April, if he desires a
license for twelve 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, file an application in writing with the clerk of the Cir-
cuit 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 for two years next preceding the filing of such appli-
cation, been a bona fide resident of the State of Maryland, and
for two years next preceding the filing of such application been
a bona fide resident of Baltimore county; this provision not to
apply to any one holding a liquor license in said county at the
date of the passage of this Act; third, the place of birth of the
applicant, and if a naturalized citizen, when and where he was
naturalized; fourth, the name of the 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 inter-
ested 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