THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 181

Supplement) title "Racing Commission", to substitute the
name of the corporation which has succeeded to the rights
of the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society of
Baltimore County being authorized to secure licenses for the
conduct of racing in connection with bona fide county fairs
or agricultural exhibits, in place of said Society.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 15 of Article 78B of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Racing Commission",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

15. In addition to licensing racing, as hereinbefore provided,
the Racing Commission is authorized to issue licenses to the
following organizations: Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
ciation of Washington County, Cumberland Fair Association,
Inc., Pocomoke Agricultural Fair Association, Inc., Harford
County Fair Association, Inc., Southern Maryland Agricul-
tural Fair Association of Prince George's County, and the
Maryland State Pair and Agricultural Society, Incorporated.
[of Baltimore County] Such licenses shall permit the holders
to conduct a race meeting or meetings with betting privileges,
not to exceed ten days for any one organization in any calendar
year, provided such meetings are held in connection with or
for the benefit of bona fide County Fairs or Agricultural
Exhibitions and are held in compliance with all the provisions
of this Article.

If any organization entitled, under this section, to a license
and the award of dates for racing shall permanently abandon
for racing purposes its present track, it may, with the approval
of the Commission, be awarded a license and dates for racing
at a new track within the same county in which it has thereto-
fore conducted racing, provided, however, that no license shall
be issued under the provisions of this section to permit racing
at the same track for which a license may be issued under the
provisions of Section 7 of this Article.

Each licensee under the provisions of this section shall pay
to the County Treasurer of the County in which such fair or
exhibit is held a fee of $50 for each day of said meeting, to be
deposited to the credit of such county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved March 14, 1951.