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II ICENSN NOTICE. As the season for re-
-hl neWng Licenses is at hand, it is deemed proper
for the information and government of those interest
ed TO publish the LIST section of the act of 1881, ch.
262, by which the rates of licenses are regulated:


BE enacted by the General assembly Of MaryGnd
I" That from and after the first day of May next for
" every license appl ed for under the second section
@ Of the original act and before us ing the same, the
g Clerks of the several tOuAty Courts and of Baitl
g more City Court shall demand and receive for the
use Of the State, herein provided, over and above
GO the fee allowed by law to the Sheriffs OF their
Irrespective countless that stto say, if the applicants
g: stock of goods, wares and merchandise generayOn
" hand ut The principal season of sale, be worth not
CO more than $1,000, the said Clerk shall demand and
" receive aforesaid the Of twelve dollars; If
% more than $1,000 and not more than $2OOO the sum
&c OF Sl5 if more than $4,000 aud not more than S5Os0
" the sum of S24; if more than $4,000 and not more
'' than $40 ,O00 the Of $50; if than l0,o0C
GO and not than $40 900, the sum OF S4o; II more
" than $40 000 the of $50 shall be demanded and
GO received aoresaid and each of the persons ap-
plying f0' such license shall, before receiving the
same. stale to the Clerk according to his own esii-
{" mate, the amount of goods, wares and merchandise,
" generally kept on ha by him, or the concern III
" which he is engaged at the principal season of sale;
or if not viousy engagedn such trade, the amount
GO he expects to keep OF such goous, wares ana mer-
I" chandize aforesaid"


As the racs for licenses, heretofore paid in a very
large number Of instances, hew that great misappre
ansion has prr vailed, in relation to the obligations of
persons. coming within parview of the license laws,
the undersigned upon application to the Attorney Cen
eral has been advised:


l. That according to the true construc tion of said first
section the "esmate' thereby intended, is an es-


tinale of the actual value of the good, wares and


merchandise, generally kept on hand at the prinei-
pal season Of sale.


@ That if any trader takes out license upon nny es-


tiratc below the said actual value at the principal


season of sale, it is the duty of those charged with


the execution of the law, TO visit its penalties unon


him, as if he had neglected refused to take out


any license.


g. THAT Traders who sell on commission, are liable TO


the same rates of license as those who sell their


own account.


The last section of said act provides, "That nothing
therein contained shall be construed to extend to any
importfr of goods, wares and merchandise, uho does
not break packages seHthe said imported good uares
end merchandise in less quantity than the cask, package
otacr form in which the same imported.


VIM. II. GATCHELL, Clerk


apis dtlstm Baltimore City Couit.