220 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 65

annum, the same to be paid when the license is applied for
to the Clerk of the Court, and by him accounted for and
paid to the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County
within five days following payment, less a fee of 50 cents
for each license, and at the time of application each appli-
cant shall pay to the Clerk the cost of the advertisement
hereinafter required.

301D. Every applicant for a license of either class to
sell any of the beverages aforesaid shall file with the Clerk
of the Circuit Court, a petition for such license which shall
contain the following information and assurances:

Each application for a license shall contain (a) the name
and residence of the applicant and how long he has resided
within the State of Maryland; (b) the particular place for
which a license is desired, designating the same by street
and number, if practicable, if not, by such other apt descrip-
tion as definitely locates it; (c) the class of license desired;
(d) the name of the owner of the premises upon which the
business sought to be licensed is to be carried on; (e) a
statement that the applicant is a citizen of the United
States and not less than 21 years of age, and that such ap-
plicant has never been convicted of a felony or been ad-
judged guilty of violating the laws of the United States or
of the State of Maryland governing the sale of intoxicating
liquors; (f) that no brewer or manufacturer or distiller of
any of the beverages herein referred to has or will have
any interest, direct or indirect, in the establishment or busi-
ness for which the license is sought. Each application for
a license must be verified by the affidavit of the applicant,
and if any applicant shall make a false statement in any
part of his said application, he shall be deemed guilty of
perjury, and upon conviction thereof, the license shall im-
mediately become null and void, and the applicant be sub-
ject to the penalty provided by law for that crime.

301E. There shall be annexed to every such application
the affidavit of at least ten reputable citizens, voters and
taxpayers residing in the election district in which the ap-
plicant lives, certifying that each of them has been per-
sonally acquainted with the applicant for one year at least,
knows him to be a person of good moral character, knows
that the statements of fact contained in the applicant's
petition for a license are true, and verily believes that the
assurances in such application will be faithfully fulfilled.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall cause the said appli
cation to be advertised at least once during a period of one