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(10) A statement of all persons interested or to be in-
terested, and, if the said license is to be taken out for a cor-
poration, partnership or unincorporated association, the
name of such corporation, partnership or unincorporated
association. The petition shall be verified by the affidavit
of the applicant or applicants made before a Justice of the
Peace, a Notary Public, or the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

(11) A statement by the owner of the premises and by
the applicant authorizing the Comptroller of the State of
Maryland, his duly authorized deputies, the sheriff of Alle-
gany County, or any police officers of any municipal cor-
poration therein to inspect the premises upon which the
business is to be conducted at any and all hours.

(12) A statement duly executed and acknowledged by
the owner of the premises in which the business is to be
conducted assenting to the granting of a license applied for.

Section 305. There shall be annexed to said petition, a
petition signed by at least six reputable citizens or voters or
property holders who have not signed any other petition
for license granted under this Act living or owning prop-
erty in the vicinity of the place for which license is applied,
stating the full name, resident, or property owned of each
person and certifying that they have been acquainted with
the petitioner or petitioners for more than one year pre-
ceding said application for license, and that they have good
reason to believe and do believe that all the statements con-
tained in said petition are true, and they, therefore, pray
that said petition be granted and that the license be issued
as prayed for. If after the notice provided for in this Act
there shall be no remonstrances filed with said Clerk against
the issuing of the same, the Clerk shall certify such fact
upon said application and immediately deliver the applica-
tion to the Court, who shall forthwith pass an order setting
a time when said Court shall sit for the purpose of examin-
ing and finally passing upon said application; and it shall
be the duty of the Clerk to notify each of said applicants of
the time set for said hearing and request that said appli-
cant be personally present thereat to answer any and all
such questions as the Court may require of him touching
upon said application. If within the period of fourteen days
after the first publication of any license application a re-
monstrance shall be filed against any application for a li-
cense, the Clerk shall forthwith submit said application and
remonstrance thereto to said Court, which shall fix a day as
early as practicable for the hearing thereof. Said Court