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THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 219
year 1954, said additional day to be in lieu of one day on
which a blizzard prevented racing in the year 1953.
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 7 of Article 78B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951), the Maryland Racing
Commission awarded an aggregate of 100 days of mile-
track racing in the year 1953; and
WHEREAS, One of the days so awarded was Saturday, No-
vember 7, 1953; and
WHEREAS, Because of a blizzard on Saturday, November
7,1953, it was impossible to conduct racing on that day; and
WHEREAS, As a result thereof, only 99 days of mile-track
racing were conducted in Maryland in the year 1953 instead
of the 100 days of racing annually permitted and contem-
plated by law; and
WHEREAS, Each mile-track licensee pays to the Maryland
Racing Commission a license fee of $1,000.00 for each day
on which racing is conducted, which fee for Saturday, No-
vember 7, 1953 has been returned, as provided by law, to
the licensee to which said date had been awarded; and
WHEREAS, Each mile-track licensee pays to the Maryland
Racing Commission, for the use of the State of Maryland,
a tax of four per cent (4%) on the total amount of money
wagered on all races during each and every day on which
racing is conducted, and in addition thereto, one-half (1/2)
of the breakage received by it as licensee; and
WHEREAS, The aforementioned license, fee, tax on wagers
and breakage tax are, and for a long time have been, a
staple source of revenue to the State Government; and
WHEREAS, The State of Maryland has lost a substantial
amount of revenue due to the impossibility of conducting
races on November 7, 1953, as aforesaid; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Maryland Racing Commission be and it
is hereby authorized and directed to award one additional
day of racing in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-four
(1954) in lieu of the one licensed day in nineteen hundred
and fifty-three (1953) on which racing could not be con-
ducted. This one additional day of racing shall be in addi-
tion to all such other days of racing which would otherwise
be permitted within the State of Maryland during 1954,
notwithstanding any provision of the Public General or
Public Local Laws restricting the number of days upon
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