The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-07-15
P Pupn,c LOCAL Laws.
January Session, 1904
CHAPTER 556.

CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, sections 6, I, 10, ii
and l8 of chapter l05 of the Acts of
1898, relating to the sale of spirit
uous and fermented liquors in the
town of Laurel, Prince Georges 8
county.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
sections six, seven, ten, eleven and
eighteen of chapter one hundred and
FIVE of the Acts of eighteen hundred
and ninety y eight, relating to the sale
of spirituous or fermented liquors in
the town of Laurel, Prince Georges
county, be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amend
ments, 80 as to read as follows:
Sec: 6. That there shall be annexed
to said application, certificate sign
ed by majority of the reputable bona
6de male residents above the age of
twenty-one years who reside within
three hundred feet of the place in which
it is proposed to sell any spiritouous
or fermented liquors in the said town
of Laurel, in which the persons so GER
tifying shall state that they recon-
mend the applicant as suitable per-
son to whom such license should be
issued; and any applicant for such Ii
cense shall specify the particular place
where he proposes to offer said spirit
uous or fermented liquors for sale,
and all OF such bona fide male resi-
dents within said distance who are
opposed to the issuance of a license
shall register their opposition thereto
by a petition against the same to the
Mayor.
And to ascertain who are within
three hundred feet of the place in which
it is proposed to sell any spirituous
or fermented liquors. measurments
shall be made by starting from the
center of the main entrance door in
the building or room in which it is
proposed to sell said liquors and FROM
that point in the most direct line
along or across a public thoroughfare
to the premises of any such resident
said to be within said distance, and
from such point in straight line to
the dwelling house of any such resi-
dent, which said measurements shall
be made by the Treasurer of the said
town of Laurel, and by him handed to
the Mayor of said town on or before
April oath of each year, but such
measurements shall not be made more
than ten days prior to May first in
any year, and any one intending to
make such application shall notify the
Mayor in writing on or before April
i (2Oth) twentieth Of such intention,
when it shall be the duty of the May
or of said town to instruct the said
Treasurer to make said measurements
provided shat in the event of any one
desiring to secure license at any
time after the first day of May in any
year, said measurements shall be made
by the said Treasurer in the manner
hereinbefore prescribed, not more than
five days notice to the said Mayor
of an intention to make such applica-
tion
Sec. I. That the Mayor of the said
town of Laurel shall on or before the
the 9th day of April in each and ev-
cry year.. issue a certificate to each ap-
plicant for a license that the facts
stated in said application he verify
believes to he true, unless the same be
shown to be untrue; and upon said GER
tifcate, the said application and the
certificate required under section six
of this act being filed with the Clerk
of the Circuit Court ror Prince
Georges county together with a re-
ceipt from the Treasurer OF the town
of Laurel for the sum of three hun
dred and fifty dollars for one year or a
proportionate part thereof for any less
time, which shall be the amount paid
for the use of the town of Laurel be-
fore any license shall be applied for to
the Clerk of the said Circuit Court
under the provisions of this Act, the
said Clerk shall issue to the said ap,
plicant, If all the conditions of this Act
appear to have been complied with, a
license for period not longer than
twelve months, upon receiving from
said applicant the following sum or
license fee; If the license be for twelve
months and to sell spirituous or fer.
mented liquors the sum of one hundred
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