1400 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 795

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sub-section 15 of Section 13 of Article 2B
of Chapter 349 of the Acts of 1941, title "Alcoholic Bever-
ages", sub-title "Form of Application", be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read
as follows:

(15) 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 the license applied
for, and authorizing the Comptroller, his duly authorized
deputies, inspectors and clerks, the Board of License Com-
missioners of the County or City in which the place of
business is located, its duly authorized agents and em-
ployees and any peace officer of such City or County, to
inspect and search, without warrant the premises upon
which the business is to be conducted, and any and all
parts of the building in which said business is to be con-
ducted, at any and all hours.

The application except when filed with the Comptroller
shall be accompanied by a certificate signed in Baltimore
City by at least three citizens who shall be owners of real
estate and registered voters of the City, setting forth a
statement that the applicant is personally known to them
and has been a resident of the City for two years preceding
the presentation to them of the application, and in the case
of a corporation at least one of the applicants is personally
known to them and has been a resident of the City for a
period of at least two years preceding the presentation to
them of the application and is a registered voter and tax-
payer of the City; and in the case of a partnership that all
members of the partnership have been residents of the City
for at least a period of two years preceding the presenta-
tion of the application to them; in Howard County by at
least three citizens who shall be owners of real estate and
registered voters of the district in which the business is to
l>e conducted, setting forth a statement that the qualifying
applicant, or applicants, as the case may be is personally
known to them and has been a resident of the district for
two years next preceding the presentation to them of
the application; and in the other Counties by at
least ten citizens who shall be owners of real estate and
registered voters of the precinct in which the business is
to be conducted, setting forth the length of time each has
been acquainted with the applicant, or in the case of a
corporation with the individuals making the application:
that they have examined the application of the applicant
and that they have good reason to believe that all of the
statements contained in said application are true, and that