540                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 181

Section 3. And be it further enacted, That Sections 57(b), 69(f),
118(a), 118(a-l), 118(c), 118(d), 118(e), 118(f), 118(m), 118(o)
121(b), 180, 183, 196(b), 197(a), 197(b), 197(c), 197(d), 197(e),
197(f), 197(n), and 197(p) of Article 2B, Annotated Code of Mary-
land, (1968 Replacement Volume, and, in the case of Sections 118(a-1)
and 118(d), 1971 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitles,
respectively, "Application for License," "Revocation and Suspension
of Licenses," "Restrictions Upon Licensees," "Consumers," and "En-
forcement," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and to add new Section 118(p) to Article 2B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, (1968 Replacement Volume and 1971
Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Restrictions Upon
Licensees," to follow immediately after Section 118(o) to read as
follows:

57. Same—Exceptions.

(b) Allegany County.—In Allegany County the application shall
also contain (1) a statement that the applicant is not less than
twenty-one years of age; (2) a statement by the applicant that as a
condition for the issuance and/or continuance of said license he will
produce all records required to be kept under the provisions of this
article to the Comptroller, his deputies or the Sheriff of Allegany
County or the police officers of any municipal corporation therein, or
as may be required in any proceeding before the board of alcoholic
beverages license commissioners or the Circuit Court for Allegany
County relating to said license or said place of business; (3) the
name of two persons, or a bonding company, authorized under the
provisions of this article, who will act as sureties upon the bond
required in Allegany County; (4) a statement of all persons inter-
ested or to be interested, and, if the said license is to be taken out
for a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association, the
name of such corporation, partnership or unincorporated associa-
tion; (5) a statement 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 corporation therein, or as may be required in any proceed-
ings before the board or before the court, relating to said license or
place of business; (6) a certification from the office of the supervisor
of assessments of Allegany County showing the values of the mer-
chandise, 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
applicant 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, residence, 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