WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 467

(14)  A statement as to whether the applicant has ever
held a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages, and if so, in
what state and at what location therein;

(15)  A statement that no person except the applicant
is in any way pecuniarily interested in said license or in the
business to be conducted thereunder during the continuance of the
license applied for, and a further statement that no
manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler, directly or
indirectly, has any financial interest in the premises or
business of the applicant and that the applicant will not
thereafter convey or grant to any such manufacturer, brewer,
distiller or wholesaler any such interest, except as otherwise
permitted in this article; and that the applicant has at the time
of making the application no indebtedness or other financial
obligations and will not thereafter incur any such indebtedness
or other financial obligation, directly or indirectly, to any
manufacturer, brewer, distiller or wholesaler other than for the
purchase of alcoholic beverages;

(16)  A statement that the applicant will, if granted
a license, conform to all laws and regulations relating to the
business in which the applicant proposes to engage;

(17)  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 commissioners of the
county or city in which the place of business is located, its
duly authorized agents and employees, any peace officer of such
city or county, and any peace officer of any incorporated
municipality in which the business is to be conducted, 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 conducted, at any and all hours;
except that in Montgomery County, no such statement and
acknowledgment are required where the applicant for a license is
the lessee of the entire building in which the business is to be
conducted for the entire term of the license to be issued;

(18)  (i) A certificate signed by at least ten
citizens who are owners of real estate and registered voters of
the precinct in which the business is to be conducted, stating
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 the
statements contained in this application are true, and that they
are of the opinion that the applicant is a suitable person to
obtain the license. The certificate must have a statement that
the signers of it are familiar with the premises upon which the
proposed business is to be conducted, and that they believe the

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