The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-08-05
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS

then they shall issue an order to the
Clerk authorizing him to issue the
same; provided that no license under
this Act shall be issued to any appli-
cant therefor until the license fee and
the Clerks fee of one dollar for issu-
ing said license shall have been paid
and the bond herein provided for shall
have been given, filed and approved
by the Clerk and all other provisions
OF this Act complied with. At the time
OF the filing the application for said
license the applicant shall pay to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court such sum
OF money as may be necessary to pro-
vide for the payment of the costs re-
lating to the publication and notice.
No remonstrance against the issu-
ing of any license hereunder shall be
considered by said Circuit Court unless
the same shall be filed by at least five
reputable citizens, voters, or prop
erty holders residing or owning prop
erty in the vicinity of the place for
which such license is applied for, and
who shall in said remonstrance set
forth the ground or reason upon
which said remonstrance is filed. At
any time after the license has been
granted remonstrance of like char
acter against the continuance of the
same may be filed with the Circuit
Court and thereupon the matter shall
be set for hearing before the Circuit
Court at such time as they may deter
mine and notice thereof shall be given
by them to the party concerned, and
the Circuit Court shall have the power
to revoke such license or to refuse to
revoke the same and if such license
shall be revoked no license shall there
after be granted to such licensee or
for the place or premises whereat the
person whose license is so suppressed
for a period of two years from the date
of such revocation.
337D.No license shall be granted to
any person or persons until such per-
son or persons shall have executed a
bond to the State of Maryland in the
penal sum of twenty-five Hundred
Dollars, if wholesaler, and in the
penal sum of One Thousand Dollars,
if retailer, with two sufficient sure
ties to be approved by the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Garrett County,
conditioned for the faithful observ-
ance of all the laws of this State re-
lating to the sale or furnishing of
beer, or other alcoholic beverages and
to pay all costs, fines and penalties
which may be imposed upon him or
them on any warrant or indictment
for violation of this Act or any other
Act of Assembly relating to selling or
furnishing beer or any other alcoholic
beverage in Garrett County, and the
said bond when so approved shall be de-
posted with said Clerk, who shall re-
cord the same in book to be kept by
him for that purpose, and said Clerk
shall be entitled to a fee of fifty cents
therefor to be paid by the applicant
for such license, and the record there
of, or duly certified copy, shall be
evidence in any Court of Law; but
no person shall be accepted as a surety
on any such bondwho is interested in or
engaged in the manufacture or sale Of
alcoholic beverages and no person
shall be accepted as surety on more
than one bond in any one year, pro-
vided further that any surety COM
pany, incorporated under the Laws of
the State of Maryland, and duly or
ganized, may act as sole surety upon
the license bond or license bonds re-
quired by this Act, and such bonds
shall be approved by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Garrett County in
the same manner as if there were two
persons sureties thereon.
337P. No person, other than cit
izen of the United States of America
shall have any interest Of any kind
or character in any business for which
a license is issued hereunder, and no
license hereunder shall be issued to
any person who is not resident of
Garrett County, duly registered vot-
er therein for at least one year prior
to the date of his application nor shall
any license be issued to any one who
has a federal license for any alcoholic
beverages other than beer, and if
after obtaining a license to sell beer
as hereinbefore provided for, said Ii
censee shall obtain federal license to
sell other alcoholic beverages his coun-
ty license to sell beer shall be null
and void and he shall be liable to pros
ecution for sale without license. No
license shall be issued to sell beer in
any pool room or bowling alley or
place connected Herewith, nor for any
location where there has not been an
established business for one year prior
to the date of application.
337QA. (a) No person shall sell,
barter, furnish or give any beer in
Garrett County to any person who is a
minor or under the age of 81 years.
(b) 1t shall. be unlawful for any
licensee under this Act to employ any
person under the age of twenty-one
years in the sale Of beer or in connec-
ton with the business thereof.
(c) 1t shall be unlawful for any
licensee under this Act to allow any
minor or minors under the age of
twenty-one years to loaf or loiter
about the place of business for which
such license is issued.
(d) 1t shall be unlawful for any
licensee under this Act to allow any
disorderly or disreputable persons to
congregate at the place for which such
license is granted.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any
retail dealer to purchase any beer
except from duly licensed wholesaler
legally entitled to sell the same and
no retail dealer shall at any time keep
or permit to be kept upon the licensed
premises any alcoholic beverages of
any kind except the beer purchased as
aforesaid.
(f) 1t shall be unlawful for any
nerson having a license under this Act