HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 815

hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

1. All licenses for selling goods and chattels shall be
granted by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts for the Counties
and the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the City of
Baltimore, except where a different mode is especially pro-
vided, but they are hereby expressly forbidden to date any such
license other than the first day of May in each and every year,
except when the trader engages in business in any other month
subsequent to May first, when such license shall be issued from
such month and a ratable sum shall be charged therefor. No
such license shall be issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Anne Arundel County unless there shall be presented to said
Clerk at the time said license is applied for, a receipt or certifi-
cate from the Treasurer of Anne Arundel County, showing
that there are no unpaid taxes due to Anne Arundel County
and to the State of Maryland, on the merchandise, fixtures
and stock in trade for the business for which said license is-
applied for, for the calendar year next preceding the year in
which said license is applied for. All licenses granted or issued
by said Clerks shall expire the first day of May next thereafter,,
except licenses for fisheries and horseracing.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 4, 1943.

CHAPTER 632.
(House Bill 704)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 2 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Anne Arundel
County", sub-title "Annapolis", said new section to be kno^n
as Section 24A and to follow immediately after Section 24
of said Article, relating to pensions for employees and
officers of the City of Annapolis.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article 2
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Anne Arundel County", sub-title "Annapolis", said new
section to be known as Section 24A, to follow immediately after
Section 24 of said Article, and to read as follows: