2210 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 921

for each free play console machine as hereinafter defined. Each
machine licensed hereunder shall have affixed to it a certificate
issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in which
said machine is to be operated or maintained, showing that
the fee for the current year has been paid. All licenses shall
expire on the thirtieth day of April in each year, shall be
transferable to any machine of the same type and the fee shall
be pro-rated monthly. All license fees collected under the
provisions of this section shall be paid to the County Clerk
for deposit in the "County Fund", and disbursed therefrom in
the manner and for the purposes prescribed by the County
Commissioners.

(2) For the purposes of this section a "free play pin ball
machine" is defined as a machine which, upon the insertion of
one or more coins, causes the mechanism to release one or
more balls for the use of the player, to be propelled by means
of a plunger.

Upon the obtaining of certain scores or combinations of
numbers, the machine rewards the player with a specified
number of free games, allowing the player to continue to play
the machine without the insertion of additional coins or
tokens. The free play pin ball machine shall not pay out
either cash or tokens. For the purposes of this section, a
"free play console machine" is defined as a machine, the
mechanism of which is encased in a wooden or metal cabinet,
with a backboard upon which are certain combinations of
numbers or symbols which the player must match. The inser-
tion of one or more coins or tokens by the player releases the
mechanism and causes two or more reels to spin. If the reels
stop on specified combinations, matching those on the back-
boards, the machine rewards the player with a specified num-
ber of free games, allowing the player to continue to play the
machine without the insertion of additional coins or tokens.
The free play console machine shall not pay out either cash
or tokens.

(3) The maintenance, possession and operation of machines
of either of the types hereinbefore described, and the award-
ing of free games to players of said machines, as above set
forth, are hereby declared to be lawful, when such machines
are duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of this
section, any other provision of the law notwithstanding. It
shall, however, be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm
or corporation, maintaining, operating or possessing any such
machine, to permit the use or operation thereof by any person
under the age of eighteen years.