THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     19

STAMPS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMPTROLLER UNDER THIS
SUB-TITLE, OR CAUSE OR PROCURE TO BE FALSELY OR
FRAUDULENTLY MADE, FORGED, ALTERED OR COUNTER-
FEITED ANY SUCH STAMP OR STAMPS, OR KNOWINGLY OR
WILFULLY UTTER, PUBLISH, PASS, USE OR TENDER AS
TRUE ANY FALSE, ALTERED, FORGED OR COUNTERFEIT-
ED STAMP OR STAMPS. NO PERSON SHALL USE MORE
THAN ONCE ANY STAMP PURCHASED FROM THE COMP-
TROLLER.

427.  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 434 OF THIS SUB-
TITLE, WHOLESALE DEALERS AND RETAIL DEALERS NOT
QUALIFYING AS DISTRIBUTORS SHALL NOT ACCEPT DE-
LIVERIES OF UNSTAMPED CIGARETTES. ALL PACKAGES
OF CIGARETTES SHALL BE EXAMINED BY WHOLESALE
AND RETAIL DEALERS IMMEDIATELY UPON THEIR RE-
CEIPT, AND THEY SHALL IMMEDIATELY RETURN ANY
AND ALL UNSTAMPED CIGARETTES TO THE VENDOR OR
CONSIGNOR THEREOF OR TO A COMMON CARRIER FOR RE-
TURN TO SUCH VENDOR OR CONSIGNOR. UNLESS SUB-
STANTIAL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY BE SHOWN, THE
POSSESSION OF ANY UNSTAMPED CIGARETTES BY A
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL DEALER SHALL BE PRESUMED
TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUB-
TITLE.

LICENSE

428.  AFTER JULY 1, 1957, NO DISTRIBUTOR SHALL HAVE
IN HIS POSSESSION OR SELL CIGARETTES IN THIS STATE
WITHOUT FIRST HAVING OBTAINED A LICENSE AS PRE-
SCRIBED BY THIS SUB-TITLE.

429.  EACH DISTRIBUTOR OF CIGARETTES SHALL, ON OR
BEFORE JULY 1, 1957, OR BEFORE POSSESSING OR SELLING
ANY CIGARETTES AFTER JULY 1, 1957, COMPLETE AND
FILE WITH THE COMPTROLLER AN APPLICATION FOR LI-
CENSE UPON A BLANK TO BE FURNISHED BY THE COMP-
TROLLER CONTAINING SUCH INFORMATION AS THE
COMPTROLLER MAY PRESCRIBE. AT THE TIME OF THE
FILING OF THE APPLICATION, THE DISTRIBUTOR SHALL
PAY TO THE COMPTROLLER A FEE OF $1.00 AND THE
COMPTROLLER SHALL THEREUPON ISSUE A LICENSE TO
THE DISTRIBUTOR. SUCH LICENSE SHALL REMAIN IN EF-
FECT SO LONG AS THE DISTRIBUTOR SHALL CONTINUE
IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING CIGARETTES OR UNTIL
SUCH LICENSE IS CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED BY THE
COMPTROLLER FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUB-TITLE.

430.   NO OUT-OF-STATE VENDOR OF CIGARETTES SHALL
SELL OR HAVE ANY CIGARETTES IN HIS POSSESSION
WITHIN THE STATE OF MARYLAND FOR SALE TO A DIS-
TRIBUTOR, WHOLESALER, RETAILER OR CONSUMER IN
THIS STATE WITHOUT FIRST HAVING OBTAINED THE LI-
CENSE REQUIRED BY SECTION 428 HEREOF, AND WITHOUT
HAVING PURCHASED FROM THE COMPTROLLER AND AF-
FIXED THE STAMPS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUB-TITLE.