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1937, ch. 234.

15. On and after June 1st, 1937, it shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to establish, maintain or operate any public dance hall,
boxing or wrestling arena, amusement park, or tourist camp with cabins for
hire outside the limits of any incorporated town or city of any county in
this State without first obtaining a permit from the County Commissioners
of said county. The County Commissioners of the several counties shall
have authority to grant or refuse such permission or to grant the same for
such time and under such rules and regulations as they may deem proper
for the public welfare, and shall also have the right to revoke any such
permit for cause after notice and a hearing.

Any person, firm or corporation establishing, maintaining or operating
any establishment or place as herein described without first securing said
permission, or operating or maintaining same in violation of the regula-
tions set forth in said permit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.) or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.) for each
such offense, and such place or establishment shall also be subject to be
abated as a nuisance. Provided, however, that this section shall only apply
to Caroline, Carroll, Howard, Frederick, Cecil, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico
and Worcester Counties.¹

An. Code, 1924, sec. 15. 1912, sec. 14. 1904, sec. 14. 1888, sec. 14. 1866, ch. 134. 1872,

ch. 371.

16. The county commissioners of the several counties shall each receive
three dollars per day for each day they shall be engaged in the discharge of
their duties, and mileage at the rate of ten cents for every mile over five
miles from their places of residence, except the county commissioners of
Baltimore County, who shall have and receive a salary of one thousand
dollars per year each, including mileage, payable monthly by the treasurer
of said county; and said county commissioners of Baltimore County are
hereby required and directed to meet at their office in the court house in
Towson, on Tuesday and Wednesday of each week, and to meet daily for
the transaction of the public business from the first Tuesday in March until
after the annual levy is made.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 16. 1912, sec. 15. 1904, sec. 15. 1888, sec. 15. 1870, ch. 333.

17. The county commissioners of any county in this State, in awarding
any contract for work to be done and in agreeing and contracting for the
doing thereof, shall make every such contract in writing, and shall require
and demand of the party or parties with whom said agreement or contract
is made full and ample security by bond for the true and proper perform-
ance of said work in accordance with the terms and specifications of said
agreement or contract.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 17. 1912, sec. 16. 1904, sec. 16. 1888, sec. 16. 1870, ch. 333.

18. It shall not be lawful for any county commissioner, during his term
of office, to hold, possess, purchase or acquire any share or interest in any
agreement or contract made, entered into or concluded with any party or
parties, whomsoever, by the county commissioners of his county, in their
character and capacity as such commissioners, or to have, receive, enjoy or

¹ Sec. 2, ch. 234, 1937, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.