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the penalty the Court shall take into consideration, among
other factors, the amount of money fraudulently received.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 10 of
Article 70A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Old Age Assistance", be and it is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 701.
(House Bill 58)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
1 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement), title "Licenses", sub-title "Mode of Issuing—
General Provisions", relating to the mode of issuing trad-
er's licenses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Licenses", sub-title
Mode of Issuing—General Provisions", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

1. All licenses for selling goods and chattels shall be
granted by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts for the counties
and the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the City
of Baltimore, except where a different mode is especially
provided, but they are hereby expressly forbidden to date
any such license other than the first day of May in each and
every year, except when the trader engages in business in any
other month subsequent to May first, when such license shall
be issued from such month and a ratable sum shall be charged
therefor. No such license shall be issued by the Clerks of
the Circuit Courts for the counties and the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in the City of Baltimore, except to
domestic corporations the shares of which are subject to
taxation under the laws of this State, unless there shall
be presented to the respective Clerk issuing the same at the
time said license is applied for, a receipt or certificate from
the office of the Supervisor of Assessments in the county in
which the license is issued or the Bureau of Assessments in
the City of Baltimore showing the values of the merchandise,