THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1143

hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as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

400 (a) No tax shall be levied or collected upon the
gross receipts derived from the amounts charged for
admissions or refreshments, service and merchandise when
such gross receipts are devoted exclusively to charitable,
religious or educational purposes or inure exclusively to
the benefit of a volunteer fire company, nor when such
gross receipts inure to the benefit of any Agricultural Fair
provided no part of the net earnings thereof inure to the
benefit of any stock holders or member of the association
conducting the same and provided the proceeds therefrom
are used exclusively for the improvement, maintenance and
operation of such Agricultural Fair.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1953.

Approved April 27, 1953.

CHAPTER 613
(Senate Bill 319)

AN ACT to add thirteen (13) new sections to Article 66C
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title
"Natural Resources", sub-title "Conservation of Natural
Resources", said new sections to be known as Sections
45A-45M, inclusive, to follow immediately after Section
45 of said Article and to be under a new sub-heading
"Oil and Gas", relating to the development, production
and utilization of the natural resources of oil and gas in
the State, to authorize the Department of Geology, Mines
and Water Resources to promote the orderly develop-
ment, production and utilization of such oil and gas for
the prevention of waste, and to require permits for the
drilling of wells for oil and gas.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That thirteen (13) new sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland

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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.