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wagered on all races conducted by it during the year,
together with a license fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
for each day that races are held, provided that the Racing
Commission shall not authorize more than one hundred
days of racing with betting privileges in any one year, and
not more than twenty days at any one track.

For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Sec-
tion the Commission shall have and exercise all of the
powers conferred upon it by Sections 11 and 12 of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Section 15A
of Article 78B of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
"Racing Commission", as enacted by Chapter 3 of the Acts
of the Special Session of the General Assembly of 1946
(being Section 17 as renumbered by Section 2 of this Act)
be and the same is hereby repealed, and that a new Section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 17, to follow immediately after
Section 16, as enacted by this Act, and to read as follows:

17. All sums collected by the Racing Commission, under
the provisions of this Article, shall be paid over to the
Comptroller, and shall be disbursed and distributed as
follows:

(1) There are to be allocated and credited to the gen-
eral funds of the State: (a) One-half of all revenues col-
lected from licensees licensed under Section 7 of this
Article; (b) One-half of all revenues collected from licen-
sees licensed under Section 14 of this Article; (e) One-
half of all revenues collected from licensees licensed under
Section 16 of this Article;

(2) There shall be divided among and allocated and
paid to the several counties of the State and to Baltimore
City on the basis of population, according to the latest avail-
able Federal census: (a) One-half of all revenues collected
from licensees licensed under Section 7 of this Article;

(b) One-quarter of all revenues collected from licensees
licensed under Section 14 of this Article; (c) One-half of
all revenues collected from licensees licensed under Section
16 of this Article;

(3) One-quarter of all revenues collected from licensees
licensed under Section 14 of this Article shall be allocated
and paid to the Maryland State Fair Board, and used for
the promotion of State and County Agricultural Fairs and
Exhibits.