818 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 479

plays, or replays, shall obtain a license therefor from the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of said county, and shall pay therefor the
sum of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each such machine or
device. Each machine or device so licensed shall have af-
fixed to it a metal tag issued by the Clerk, showing that the
fee for the current year has been paid. All licenses shall ex-
pire on the thirtieth day of April each year, shall be trans-
ferable and shall be prorated monthly; provided, however,
that nothing in this section shall in any way be construed as
authorizing the issuance of a license, other than one herein-
before authorized, for any game, device or machine for which
a license may not hereafter lawfully be issued in accordance
with any law of or pertaining to Carroll County.

Any person, firm or corporation keeping, maintaining or
operating any such machine or device without a license, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). All license fees
collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid to
the County Commissioners of Carroll County and credited
to the general funds of the county.

91. Every person, firm or corporation keeping, maintain-
ing or operating for public entertainment in Carroll County
any music box, mechanical player piano, graphophone, or
other similar mechanical musical device played by the inser-
tion of a coin or token, shall obtain an annual county license
therefor from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county,
and shall pay therefor the sum of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for
each such machine or device, and the sum of Three Dollars
($3.00) additional for each independent coin-operated speaker
delivering music on the same premises. Each machine or de-
vice licensed shall have affixed to it a metal tag issued by the
Clerk, showing that the fee for the current year has been paid.
All licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of April of each
year, shall be transferable, and shall be prorated monthly.
Any person, firm of corporation keeping, maintaining or op-
erating any such machine or device without a license, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). All license fees
collected under-the provisions of this section shall be paid to
the County Commissioners of Carroll County and credited
to the general funds of the county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safty, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses