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Board of Liquor License Commissioners 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
doing business in the ward in which the petitioner asks to do
business, stating the residence or place of business of each per-
son, certifying and setting forth that they have been acquainted
with the petitioner or petitioners for (specifying the length
of such acquaintance), that they have good reason to believe
that all the statements contained in the petition are true, and
they therefore pray that the prayer of the said petitioner be
granted and the license issued as prayed for. This Section
shall not apply to wholesale traders and bottlers of fermented
liquors.

676. The said Board shall publicly hear petitions from
residents of the ward or persons living or doing business in
the vicinity of the place for which any license is prayed, in
addition to that of the petitioner, in favor of, and remonstrance
against the granting of said license; and in all cases shall re-
fuse the same whenever in the opinion of the said Board such
license is not necessary for the accommodation of the public,
or the petitioner or petitioners is or are not fit persons to whom
such license should be granted; and if sufficient cause shall at
any time be shown or proof be made to the said Board that
the party licensed was guilty of any fraud in procuring such
license, or has violated any of the conditions or restrictions of
his license, or has violated any law of the State, or of the
United States, or has violated any of the rules, regulations or
practices adopted by the Board, the said Board may, after giv-
ing notice to the person so licensed, revoke said license; and
the Criminal Court of the City may in like manner revoke
said license if the party should be convicted before it of any
such violation.

685. Any person having a license under the provisions of
this sub-division of this Article who shall hereafter be con-
victed of violating any of the provisions of this sub-division
of this Article, or of the conditions or restrictions of his
license, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars; and for any second offense,
whereof he shall be convicted he shall be subjected to a fine of
not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars,
or to imprisonment in the jail or the House of Correction, for
not lees than three months nor more than twelve months, or to