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LICENSEE SHALL SIMILARLY PAY a license fee of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) for each day that races are held, provided that the
Racing Commission shall not authorize more than twenty-four (24)
days at any one track. The Commission shall promptly pay all taxes
collected under the provisions of this section to the Comptroller.
Each licensee licensed under the provisions of this section shall,
in addition to the other taxes and fees imposed under the provisions
of this Article, pay annually to the Maryland State Fair Board a
sum representing one-tenth of one per centum of all money wagered
in excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000) with a maximum of
three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) from each licensee.

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SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE
AND NECESSARY FOR THE 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, THE SAME SHALL
TAKE EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE.

Approved April 4, 1958.

CHAPTER 93
(House Bill 127)

AN ACT to add new Section 135A to Article 16 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Chancery", sub-title
"Disbursement of Surplus Income in Hardship Cases", to follow
immediately after Section 135 thereof, relating to the power of
an Equity Court to approve the disbursement of surplus income by
Committee or Trustee of the property of an incompetent where
hardship cases exist.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 135A be and it is hereby added to Article 16 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Chancery",
sub-title "Disbursement of Surplus Income in Hardship Cases", to
follow immediately after Section 135 thereof, and to read as follows:

135A. The court in its discretion AFTER NOTICE TO SUCH
PERSONS AS THE COURT MAY DESIGNATE AND HEARING

may allow, upon the application of any guardian, committee or trustee
of an incompetent's estate, where there is a surplus of income in the
committee or trust estate, AND WHERE A HARDSHIP CASE EX-

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