220 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 63

which racing may be conducted in Maryland. The Racing
Commission shall award this one additional day to such one
of the mile tracks as it may in its discretion determine and
the decision of the Commission in this respect shall be
final.

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

Approved March 12,1954.

CHAPTER 63
(Senate Bill 14)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 60 to 65, inclusive, of Article
27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Counter-
feiting and Forgery," said sections relating to the regis-
tration of certain labels, trade-marks or forms of ad-
vertisement and being known generally as the trade-mark
law, and to add 14 new sections to Article 41 of said
Code, title "Governor—Executive and Administrative De-
partments," said new sections to be known as Sections
87A to 87N, inclusive, to be under the sub-title "Secre-
tary of State," arid under the new sub-heading "Trade-
marks," enacting provisions for the registration and pro-
tection of trade-marks and relating generally to the use
and registration of certain words, names, symbols, de-
vices or any combination thereof, and known generally
as "trade-marks."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That 14 new sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Governor—Executive and Adminis-
trative Departments," said new sections to be known as

EXPLANATION : Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.