ART. 27] GAMING. 381

1904, art. 27, sec. 203. 1898, ch. 285, sec. 124B.

218. Nothing in the next preceding section shall render it unlawful
in any county of this State, other than Baltimore city, for any person
or persons to make a pool or a book, or to bet within the ground of any
agricultural association, race course or driving park, upon the result of
any trotting, pacing or running race of horses which shall be held within
the same grounds, race course or driving park upon which said person
shall so make a pool or book, or shall so bet upon the same day on which
said race shall be held; provided, the grounds of such agricultural
association, race course or driving park be licensed in the manner set
forth in the next succeeding section by the circuit court for the county
within which such grounds or track may be located.

This section referred to in upholding the validity of the act of 1912,
chapter 132 (relating to Harford County), and of a racing commission
constituted by that act. It was not the intention of the legislature to
suppress horse racing or prohibit betting thereon except as limited by
various acts. Clark v. Harford, etc., Assn., 118 Md. 621.

Ibid. sec. 204. 1898, ch. 285, sec. 124C.

219.* Every person applying for a license as required by the next
preceding section shall file with the circuit court for the county within
which the grounds of such agricultural association, race course or driv-
ing park may be located, his petition for such a license, and before
granting the said license the said court shall cause notification of said
petition to be published, at the cost of the applicant, at least once a
week for three successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the county
in which the grounds aforesaid may be located.

Ibid. sec. 205. 1898, ch. 285, sec. 124D.

220.* The said petition shall contain the name or names of the
applicant or applicants; second, the name of the grounds upon which
the license is desired; third, a definite description of the place where
such grounds are located; fourth, a day or days for which such license
is desired, and there shall be annexed to this petition a certificate signed
by at least twenty-five respectable qualified voters of the election dis-
trict of the county in which such grounds are located, praying the court
to grant the said license.

Ibid. sec. 206. 1898, ch. 285, sec. 124E. 1902, ch. 572. 1904, ch. 585. 1906, ch. 127.

221.* In such license shall be stated the name of the grounds, enclo-
sure or park, and the number of days and the month within which such
license shall be operative, and the said court shall not grant in the
aggregate license for more than thirty days in any year, nor more than
fifteen days in any one month in any county in this State, nor for any
days whatever during the months of December, January, February and

*This section was repealed as to Harford County by the act of 1912, chapter
132, and as to Baltimore County by the act of 1912, chapter 77. See Clark v.
Harford, etc., Assn., 118 Md. 615.