HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1383

—General Provisions"; to add a new section to said Article
to follow immediately after Section 8 and to be known as
Section 8A, prohibiting counties and cities from requiring
local permits or licenses in certain cases; to repeal and re-
enact, with amendments, Section 9 of said Article, sub-title
"Auctioneer"; to repeal Section 43 of said Article, sub-title
"Traders"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 44 of said Article, sub-title "Traders"; and to repeal
inconsistent laws.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition),
title "Licenses", sub-title "Mode of Issuing—General Provis-
ions", said new section to follow immediately after Section 1
of said Article, to be known as Section 1A, and to read as
follows:

1A. Before any license for billiard or pool table, bowl-
ing alley, chain store, coin operated vending machine, garage,
music box, restaurant, or soda water fountain, or license for
the sale of cigarettes, or hawkers and peddlers, motion picture
and entertainment, construction firm or company, or trader's
license, shall be issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
any County or by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of
Baltimore City, the applicant for such license shall first file
with the Clerk, in duplicate, a written application therefor in
such form, and verified in such manner, and containing such
information as may be prescribed by regulations of the De-
partment of Revenue and Taxes. On or before the 10th day of
each month the said Clerk shall forward to the Department
of Revenue and Taxes a duplicate copy of each of the above-
named licenses issued by him during the preceding month, to-
gether with a duplicate copy of the application for each such
license.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That Section 6 of Article
56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Licenses", sub-title "Mode of Issuing—General Provisions",
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

6. It shall be the duty of the Sheriffs and Constables of
the several counties and Baltimore City and the agents and
inspectors of the Comptroller to make diligent inquiry of all
persons, firms and corporations doing business in this State,
and apprehend and cause the arrest of all persons, firms and
corporations found doing business without a license, as may
be required by law, to answer the charge of selling goods with-