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of the Court. All fines up to the amount found to be due the Commission,
when paid into court by a licensee found guilty of violating this section,
shall be transmitted and paid over by the Clerk of the Court to the
Commisson.
Cited in dissenting opinion in Racing Comm. v. Jockey Club, 176 Md. 95.

1933, ch. 324. 1939, ch. 277, sec. 12A.

13. In addition to the license fee and other taxes imposed by law, every
person, firm, association or corporation licensed to hold racing meetings in
the State of Maryland, except bona fide county fairs or agricultural exhib-
its, shall pay to the Maryland Racing Commission for the use of the State
of Maryland, within five days after the close of each meeting, a tax at the
rate of two per cent. (2 % ) on the total amount of money wagered on all
races during each and every meeting. The payment of said tax shall be
accompanied by a statement of the licensee, or his duly authorized agent,
under oath, showing the amount of money wagered each day during the
preceding meeting. The Commission shall promptly pay all taxes collected
under the provisions of this Section to the Treasurer of Maryland.

Every person, firm, association or corporation licensed to hold racing
meetings in the State of Maryland under the provisions of Section 8 of
this Article, shall in addition to the other taxes and fees imposed under
the provisions of said Article, pay annually to the Maryland State Fair
Board the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00), and to the Mary-
land Horse Breeders' Association the sum of Two Thousand Dollars
($2,000.00).

An. Code, 1924, sec. 13. 1920, ch. 273, sec. 13. 1935, ch. 255. 1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 136.

1937, ch. 64.

14. In addition to licensing racing as hereinbefore provided, the follow-
ing organizations shall each be licensed by the Racing Commission to con-
duct a race meeting or meetings with betting privileges, not to exceed ten
days for any one organization in any year, provided such meetings are
held in connection with or for the benefit of bona fide County Fairs or Agri-
cultural Exhibitions and are held in compliance with all the provisions of
this section—Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Washington
County: Cumberland Fair Association, Inc.; Pocomoke Agricultural Fair
Association, Inc.; Harford County Fair Association, Inc.; Southern Mary-
land Agricultural Fair Association of Prince George's County; and Mary-
land State Fair and Agricultural Society of Baltimore County.

Each licensee under the provisions of this section shall pay to the County
Treasurer of the County in which such fair or exhibit is held a fee ef
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each day of said meeting, to be deposited to
the credit of said County.

Each licensee licensed under the provisions of this section must annually
provide and set aside the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in.
premiums for bona fide live stock and agricultural exhibits. In the event
that any part of the said sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) is not
claimed by exhibitors of live stock and agricultural exhibits then such
unexpended balance shall be paid to the Comptroller and by him deposited
in the same fund and distributed in the same manner as provided in the
following paragraph.