60 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 39

CHAPTER 39.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 285
of Article 18 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Queen Anne's County, " as said section was amended
by Chapter 355 of the Acts of 1914, providing for the dispo-
sition of license or permit fee for camp or bush meetings.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 285 of Article 18 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Queen Anne's County, " as said sec-
tion was amended by Chapter 355 of the Acts of 1914, be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read
as follows:

285. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, associa-
tion or organization of any kind whatsoever to hold any camp
meeting or bush meeting within the limits of Queen Anne's
County without first applying to a Justice of the Peace for
Queen Anne's County and obtaining a permit for holding such
camp meeting or bush meeting. And whenever said Justice of
the Peace shall have any reasonable grounds for believing that
any lawlessness or disorder will occur at said camp meeting or bush
meeting he shall refuse to grant said permit, and if, after issuing
any permit to hold any camp meeting or bush meeting there
shall be any lawlessness or disorder it shall be the duty of any
Justice of the Peace to investigate the matter, and upon proof
of said lawlessness or disorder he shall forthwith revoke said
permit, and it shall be the duty of the officers of Queen Anne's
County to enforce the provisions of this Act. Any Justice of
the Peace issuing any permit as aforesaid shall charge therefor
a fee of Twenty-five Dollars, of which two dollars shall be
retained by the said Justice of the Peace and twenty-three
dollars shall be paid by the said Justice of the Peace to the
Treasurer of Queen Anne's County for the use of said county.
Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Section
shall, upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace
of Queen Anne's County be fined not less than five nor more
than one hundred dollars, and upon refusal to pay said fine
and costs shall be committed to the County Jail for a period
of thirty days. All fines collected under this Section shall be
paid to the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County
for the use of the public roads.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June l, 1927.

Approved March 11, 1927.