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and Taxes of the Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on the first day of June, in the year 1936.
Approved April 29, 1936.

CHAPTER 109.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
12 of Article 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Charles County, " sub-title
"Amusement Licenses, " relating to the license fees for
dance halls and providing for the disposition of the
licenses imposed by said section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 12 of Article 9 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Charles
County, " sub-title "Amusement Licenses, " be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

12. Every person, persons or corporation that shall
hereafter, hold in Charles County, any dance, picnic or
other form of amusement or entertainment for pecuniary
profit and gain to the said person, persons or corporation,
for which no license is now provided by law, shall, before
giving or holding the same, first obtain from the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Charles County, Maryland, a license
or permit thereof for which the said clerk shall charge a
fee of ten dollars ($10. 00) for each day upon which such
entertainment or form of amusement is held, and an an-
nual license fee of fifty dollars ($50. 00) for any person or
corporation maintaining and operating a dance hall or
other place of amusement, and any person, persons or cor-
poration, who shall be guilty of the violation of the pro-
vision hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars
($25. 00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100),
and in default of the payment thereof shall be sentenced
to the county jail for a period of not less than sixty (60)
days or more than six (6) months; provided, however, that
nothing in this Act shall apply to any such entertainment