THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1629

9 P. M. on Sunday in Garrett County, providing for a tax
on admissions to said movies, payable to the Garrett
County Memorial Hospital, and providing for a penalty
for a violation of said section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That two new sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Garrett County", sub-title
"Sunday Observance", said new sections to be known as
Sections 507C and 507D of said Article and to follow im-
mediately after Section 507B thereof, and all to read as
follows:

507C. Notwithstanding any provision of any Public
General or Public Local Law, it shall be lawful to show or
exhibit motion pictures in Garrett County on Sundays after
the hour of 9 o'clock P. M., and at no other time during such
day, with or without a charge or admission fee, provided,
however, that such exhibitions shall be subject to all pro-
visions of law relating to licensing and censorship applic-
able to motion picture exhibitions on week days. The work
or employment of any operator, ticket-seller or other em-
ployee or attendant in connection with such exhibition shall
not be unlawful because performed on Sunday.

Any such exhibition on Sunday except as hereby author-
ized shall be subject to the provisions and penalties of Sec-
tions 578 and 605 of Article 27 of the Code of Public
General Laws.

507D. Upon every person, firm or corporation exhibiting
motion pictures pursuant to the provisions of Section 507C
of this Article for a direct or indirect admission fee or
charge, there is hereby levied and imposed a tax at the rate
of Five Cents (5¢) for each person admitted to any such
exhibition. Said tax shall be paid by said exhibitor not
later than the Wednesday following such exhibition, to the
County Commissioners of Garrett County, who shall pay
all such taxes into a special account which shall be paid
over to the Garrett County Memorial Hospital for its sup-
port and maintenance.

Any person, firm or corporation failing to pay said tax
as aforesaid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction therefor shall be subject to a fine of not more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500. ) or imprisonment for
not more than sixty (60) days, or both, in the discretion of
the Court.