WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1027

Association, Inc., Harford County Fair Association, Inc.,
Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Association of
Prince George's County, and the Maryland State Fair and
Agricultural Society of Baltimore County. Such licenses
shall permit the holders to conduct a race meeting or meet-
ings with betting privileges, not to exceed ten days for
any one organization in any calendar year, provided such
meetings are held in connection with or for the benefit
of bona fide County Fairs or Agricultural Exhibitions
and are held in compliance with all the provisions of this
Article.

If any organization entitled, under this Section, to a
license and the award of dates for racing shall perma-
nently abandon for racing purposes its present track, it
may, with the approval of the Commission, be awarded a
license and dates for racing at a new track within the
same County in which it has theretofore conducted racing,
provided, however, that no license shall be issued under
the provisions of this Section to permit racing at the same
track for which a license may be issued under the provi-
sions of Section 7 of this Article.

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 of $50 for each day of said
meeting, to be deposited to the credit of such county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 5 of
Article 78B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Ed.), title "Racing Commission", be and the same is
hereby repealed, and that a new Section be and it is hereby
enacted in lieu thereof, said new Section to be known as
Section 5, to follow immediately after Section 4 of said
Article, and to read as follows:

5. (a) The salaries of the Commission, of its Secre-
tary and of its stenographers and clerks shall be as in the
Budget provided. In addition to the employees of the Com-
mission, whose salaries are provided for in the Budget, the
Commission is authorized to employ at reasonable com-
pensation, a reasonable number of inspectors, guards,
experts, scientists, auditors, veterinarians, and other em-
ployees or agents deemed by the Commission to be essential
at or in connection with any race meeting to the best
interests of racing (hereinafter referred to as "additional
employees"), and is further authorized to maintain a test-
ing laboratory and to purchase supplies and equipment for
and in connection with such laboratory or other tests or