§ 3-22. Applications.

(a)

All applications for liquor licenses shall be filed with the city clerk and shall be in writing, signed and sworn to by the person or persons applying therefor. The application shall contain a declaration that the applicant possesses all the qualifications required by this chapter, and agrees to obey all ordinances relating to the manner in which said business shall be conducted.

(b)

The application for a license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail in the original packages, not to be consumed on the premises where sold, shall be accompanied by declaration in writing under the oath of the applicant reciting that the applicant owns a stock of goods other than intoxicating liquor in the specified place of business where such intoxicating liquor is to be sold, and stating the general nature of the stock of goods, and that the wholesale replacement value of the stock of goods is not less than $1,000.00, exclusive of furniture, fixtures and intoxicating liquors, and declaring that if the license applied for is issued to him, he will at all times keep a similar stock of merchandise of the wholesale replacement value of not less than $1,000.00, exclusive of furniture, fixtures and intoxicating liquors, so long as he sells intoxicating liquor under such license.

(c)

The license fee for all liquor licenses shall accompany the application therefor.

(d)

The required oaths may be taken before the city clerk or any officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments to deeds.

(Code 1958, § 46.06)