The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-02-24
nuRLIc LOCAL LAW.

I Sale oil SDirlLuOuS ullu LCiuiS'sS-
IN Carroll County, and to re enact the
same with amendments.
Section /. Be IL enacted By the genera
assembly of Maryland, That Chapter 40 Oh
| the Laws Of 1892, entitled IAN Act to f'egu-
| late the Sale and the Granting Of License Tor
| the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors
in Carroll County be and the same is hereby
repealed and re.enacted so as to read as io'-
| lows:
SIC . And be al enacted, That no person
shall hereafter sell, offer for sale or keep for
! sale. in Carroll county, any intoxicating nq
uors of any kind without having previously
| obtained license therefor as hereinafter pro-
vided, but this act shall not apply to safes
made by any person under provision OF Ia"
recurring him to sell personal property, OF
| for sales of cider or native wines by the max
ers thereof and not to be drunk on the prem
! ises. ~.
SEC. 3. Ind be it enacted, That all H.
censes to sell spirituous and iermented liquors
shall expire on the first day of May next en-
suing the date of their issue, and shall be
issued for twelve or any less number oil
months, but for no fraction OF month.
SEC. 4. ARd be il enacted, That any per
son desiring to obtain a license to sell spirit
| uous or fermented liquors in Carroll county,
except as hereinafter otherwise provided,
| shall on or before the first day OF the month
next preceding the month with winch ne ae-
sires the license to begin, file an application
in writing with the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Carroll county, in which he sha!l sia'e
/ First, the name and residence of the apph,,
cant; second, that he is citizen of the United
States; third, the place of birth of the appii,,
! cant. and if a naturalzed citizen, where ana
when he was naturalized; fourth, the name
/ Of the owner of the premises on whlch cIe
business licensed is to be carried on; nun,
that the applicant is not, or it the apPhca
ton be by firm, that none of the applicants
are, in any manner, pecuniarily interested III
4 the profits of any business conducted at any
other place in said county where any spirit
uous or fermented liquors are sold or kept
for sale; sixth, the kind of license desired,
whether to sell in quantities not less than
pint and not to be drunk on the premises; or
by the drink and in quantities not more
than four and seven eighths gallons; or by
the drink and IN quantities not more than
ouart: and whether for the purpose of open
ing or keeping a saloon or restaurant, or an
ordinary or hotel; and if for the purpose oil
opening or keeping an ordinary or hotel, that
he has bona fde, and without intending 10
evade the requirements of this law, PROVIDED
and expects to maintain at least SIX gooq
beds with sufficient covering therefor, and
vate uses of the keeper Of said ordinary or
hotel, with stabling and provender for at least
five horses; seventh, the particular place
where the business is to be conducted under
the license sought, specifying the same by
definite designation and description; eighth,
that no person except the applicant or appll-
cants is in any manner pecuniarily interested
in the business to be licensed, and that no
other person shall be in any manner peeu'
niarily interested therein; and which said APP
plication shall be verified by the affidavit OF
the applicant made before the clerk of the
court to whom the application is made; and
if any false statement is made in any part OF
said application, tie applicant or applicants
shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon
Indictment and conviction shall be punished
accordingly, and any license issued upon
snch application shall be suppressed.
SEC. 5. And be 1T enacted That there
shall be annexed to said application a certih-
cate signed by at least nine reputable free
holders, bona tide residents of the neighbor
hood in which the applicant proposes to CON
duct the business under the license applied
for. in which each of the persons certifying
shall state his residence or place of business;
that he is over twenty five years of age how
long he has known the applicant; that he be-
lieyes the statements made in the application
to be true; that from his knowledge of the APP
plcant or applicants, and his acquaintance
with him or them, he believes the applicant
to be proper person or the applicants to be
4 proper persons 10 have the privilege of selling
spirtuous or fermented liquors, and he accord
ingly recommends the issuing Of the license
applied for.
SEC. 6. Aitd be it enacted, That upon the
filing of such application and certificate, the
applicant shall pay to the clerk with whom
the same are filed, the sum of two dollars, to
be applied to paying the expense of advertis
ing as hereinafter provided for, and thereupon
such clerk shall insertin two successive issues
Of some weekly newspaper published in said
county, prior to the fifteenth day of the month
preceding the month with which the license
is to begin, a notice that such application has
been filed, specifying the kind of license APP
piled for and the place where the business is
to be conducted, and stating that unless cause
be shown to the contrary, in writing, on or
before the aforesaid fifteenth day of the month
preceding the month with which the license
is to begin, the license applied for will be
issued, provided the applicant complies with
the requirements of this law requisite thereto
as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if any
person shall file with such clerk in writing,
within the time specified, any reason why the
license applied for should not be granted,
such clerk shall forthwith present the appl-
cation and certificate and the objection to a
Judge of the Circuit Court for said county,
aud such judge shall proceed to hear and de-
termine the question as to whether the license
applied for shall be issued or not, after giving
such notice to the applicant and objector as
such Judge shall deem reasonable, and shall
award the cost of such hearing as such judge
shall deem equitable and just.
SEC. 8. Ind be Il enacted, That the clerk
of the Court who receives the said application,
certificates and affidavit, shall file and care.
tnlly preserve the same, and after giving the
said notice, if no cause be shown to the con
trary or if cause be shown and the said Judge
shall direct in writing that the license be is
sued, shall issue to said applicant or applicants
the license applied for, upon receiving from
the applicant or applicants the following sums
or license fees, namely: If the license be
for twelve months and for opening or keeping
an ordinary or hotel and to sell thereai
spirituous or fermented liquors by the drink,
or in quantities not more than one quart, the
sum of one hundred dollars; if the license be
for twelve months and to sell spirituous OF
fermented liquors by the drink or in quantities
of not more than four and seven ghts gallons
at saloon, bar room, or any other place
than an ordinary or hotel, the sum of two
hundred dollars; if the license be for twelve
months and to sell spirltuous or iermented
; liquors in quantities not less than pint and
not to be drunk on the premises, the said clerk
shall inquire of the applicant under oath, to
be by such clerk administered, as to the value
of the stock of spirituous or fermented liquors
he intends to keep on hand in the business
he proposes to conduct under the license APP
piled for; and if it shall appear from the
statement then made under oath that the value
+ of the applicants stock of spirituous or fer
mented liquors will not exceed one thousand
dollars, the license fee shall be two hundred
dollars; If more than one thousand dollars
and not exceeding two thousand dollars, the
license fee shall be three hundred dollars; il
more than two thousand dollars, the license
fee shall be three hundred and fifty dollars
II the license be for less than twelve months.
the license fee shall be as many twellths Of
the amounts severally specified for the twelve
months license enumerated above as the num-
her Of months for which the license shall be
issued.