HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 261
in money. Provided, that before operating any such bene-
fit performance, any such group or organization shall first
obtain from the County Commissioners of Montgomery
County a written permit therefor as provided by Chapter
241, Acts of 1918, and provided further that such benefit
performance is managed and operated only by members of
such group or organization personally. Any person, com-
pany, association or corporation operating, or attempting
to operate any such benefit performance in violation here-
of, shall, upon conviction of such violation, be subject to a
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment in
jail for a period of not more than one year, or both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
be submitted to the registered and qualified voters of Mont-
gomery County, for adoption or rejection, at the primary
election to be held May 4, 1936. The Board of Supervisors
of Elections of Montgomery County is hereby authorized
and directed to have separate ballots printed to be used
in the said primary election, on which ballots shall appear
in clear and plain type the title of this Act, after which
shall be printed on separate lines, with a square or box to
the right, and opposite the words "For the Act, " and a
corresponding square or box to the right, and opposite the
words "Against the Act, " so as to give each voter a clear
opportunity to designate by a cross-mark in the proper
square or box, his or her vote for or against the said Act,
and the said ballots shall be printed upon paper of a differ-
ent color from the other ballots in use at the primary elec-
tion. The said ballots after being voted, shall be returned
to the Judges of Election and retained in a separate ballot
box until the close of the polls, and they shall be counted,
canvassed, returned and certified as in other cases. The
Board of Supervisors of Elections of Montgomery County
shall give notice of the submission of this Act by the pub-
lication of said Act in full in one or more newspapers pub-
lished in said County, the said notice to be given not less
than two, nor more than ten days before the date of said
primary election, but if for any reason said notice shall not
be given in the manner herein prescribed, such failure shall
not invalidate this Act or prevent its taking effect, if ap-
proved. If it shall appear from the returns of said election
that a majority of the voters voting thereon have voted for
the Act, then said Act shall be deemed to have been ap-
proved, and shall thereupon become in full force and effect;
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