578                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 354

corporation, partnership or unincorporated association; (5) a state-
ment by the applicant as a condition for the issue of said license that
he will produce all records required to be kept under the provisions
of this article to the Comptroller or his deputies, or to the Sheriff
of Allegany County, or to the police officers of any municipal corpo-
ration therein, or as may be required in any proceedings before the
board or before the court, relating to said license or place of busi-
ness [.]; (6) a certification from the office of the supervisor of
assessments of Allegany County showing the values of the merchan-
dise, fixtures and stock-in-trade for the business for which said
license is applied for, for the calendar year next preceding the year
for which said license is to be issued. Said certification shall also
show that there are no unpaid taxes due to the incorporated city or
town or county in which the licensed activity is carried on or to the
State of Maryland on the merchandise, fixtures and stock-in-trade as
aforesaid. The petition shall be verified by the affidavit of the appli-
cant or applicants made before a justice of the peace, a notary public,
or the clerk of the Circuit Court. There shall be annexed to the
application a petition signed by at least ten citizens or voters or
property holders who have not signed any other petition for license
granted under this article living or owning property in the vicinity
of the place for which license is applied, stating the full name, resi-
dence, or property owned of each person and certifying that they
have been acquainted with the petitioner or petitioners for more than
one year preceding said application for license, and that they have
good reason to believe that all the statements contained in said peti-
tion are true, and they, therefore, pray that said petition be granted
and that the license be issued as prayed for.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 354
(Senate Bill 435)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of
Allegany County to borrow an amount not to exceed four hundred
thousand dollars ($400,000.00), and to issue bonds, promissory
notes or other certificates of indebtedness therefor, for the purpose
of making certain additions, improvements and repairs to existing
schools and school facilities in Allegany County as more specifically
enumerated herein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the County Commissioners of Allegany County, a body cor-
porate, in order to provide funds for the purpose of making certain
additions, improvements and repairs to existing schools and school
facilities in Allegany County as more specifically enumerated herein,
is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, from time to time,
in such amounts as it shall deem necessary, on the faith and credit
of the said County, and to issue therefor its promissory notes or
other certificates of indebtedness, or bonds, provided that in the