EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1507

appoint a bailiff, who shall receive one dollar and a half for
every day he may be in attendance upon the session of the
court, to be levied for and paid by the County Commissioners.

RACING COMMISSION.

430. That Robert C. Richardson, James T. Jones, Leon H.
Tubbs, J. Alexis Shriver and Michael H. Fahey and their suc-
cessors in office, be and they are hereby constituted a commis-
sion to be known as the Harford County Racing Commission,
to have jurisdiction over meetings for the conduct of horse rac-
ing in Harford County, in the State of Maryland, as herein-
after provided.

431. The members of said commission shall hold office for
four years from the date of the passage of this Act, and at the
expiration of their term of office or of the term of office of any
future commission, they or a majority of them shall appoint,
their successors, and they shall likewise appoint to the unex-
pired term of any commissioner whose office shall become
vacant through death, resignation or otherwise.

432. Said commission shall meet at such times and places
in Harford County as the commission shall determine, and the
members thereof shall be entitled to their reasonable expenses
for each meeting so attended. It shall select suitable offices for
its own use and may appoint a secretary, who shall serve dur-
ing the pleasure of said commission and who shall keep a rec-
ord of all of its proceedings, shall preserve all books, maps,
documents and papers entrusted to its care and perform such
other duties as the commission shall prescribe.

433. The salary of the secretary, the rental of offices and
other expenses of the commission shall be paid by the commis-
sion out of the license fees hereinafter provided for, but such
salary, rental fees and other expenses shall in no event exceed
the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1, 200) a year, not more
than six hundred dollars ($600) of which shall be paid to the
secretary for his services.

434. No person or persons, association or corporation shall
hereafter hold or conduct any meeting in Harford County
whereat horse racing shall be permitted for any stake, purse or
reward except corporations formed for the purpose of racing
or developing or improving. the breed of horses, regularly in-
corporated agricultural associations, or associations for con-
ducting county, city or State fairs, or associations of regularly
organized hunt clubs.