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as may be considered significant in development of the full potential
of the State's seafood resources.

(k) To establish within the Department a market development
section to promote optional OPTIMAL utilization of the State's sea-
food resources.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 14, 1966.

CHAPTER 164
(Senate Bill 599)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 18 of
Article 57 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Limitations of Actions", to include St. Mary's
County in those counties with a special limitation period for action
against the county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 18 of Article 57 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Limitations of Actions", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

18. No action shall be maintained and no claim shall be allowed
against any county or municipal corporation of Maryland, for un-
liquidated damages for any injury or damage to person or property
unless, within ninety days after the injury or damage was sustained,
written notice thereof setting forth the time, place and cause of the
alleged damage, lose, injury or death shall be presented either in
person or by registered mail by the claimant, his agent or attorney,
or, in case of death, by his executor or administrator, to the city
solicitor of Baltimore City, the county commissioners, or the cor-
porate authorities of the municipal corporation, as the case may be.
The provisions of this section shall only apply to Anne Arundel,
Caroline, Montgomery, St. Mary's and Prince George's counties.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 14, 1966.

CHAPTER 165
(Senate Bill 383)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 247 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Supplement),
title "Crimes and Punishments", subtitle "Gaming"; and to add a
new Section 261B to said article and subtitle (1957 Edition and