HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 531

George's County", sub-title "Licenses", said new section to
be known as Section 701B and to follow immediately after
Section 701A of said Article, making it unlawful to conduct
a baseball game, football game, motorcycle or automobile
race in Prince George's County for private gain without a
permit from the County Commissioners and prohibiting the
issuing of such permit or permits for any place within five
hundred (500) yards of any church located in said county
and providing penalties for the violation thereof.

SECTION 1. Be It enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-
tion), title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Licenses",
said new section to be known as Section 701B, to follow imme-
diately after Section 701A of said Article, and to read as
follows:

701B. No person, organization, association, corporation,
partnership or group of individuals shall conduct a baseball
game, football game, motorcycle race or automobile race, to
which the public is invited or admitted with or without charge
for such admission, operated for private gain, without first
obtaining1 from the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County a written permit therefor, the fee to be one dollar
($1. 00) for each permit issued for any one time, which fee
shall be used for the purpose of defraying the cost incurred,
any excess to go into general county fund. It shall not be
lawful for the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County to issue such license or written permit for any place
nearer than five hundred (500) yards from any church located
in Prince George's County, Maryland. Any person, company,
association or corporation operating or attempting to operate
any such performance in violation hereof shall, upon convic-
tion thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding* one thousand
dollars ($1, 000. 00), or imprisonment in jail for a period of
not more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of the
members elected to each of the two House of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved May 26, 1941.