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Session Laws, 1955
Volume 620, Page 1087   View pdf image (33K)
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THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                  1087

(e)  The Chief of Police is authorized to issue an annual license
for the operation of the game of Bingo to be known as an "Annual
Bingo License", which shall authorize the holder thereof to operate a
game of Bingo at a fixed location to be specified therein at any time
during the year for Which the same shall be issued. The applicant
therefor shall pay an annual license fee of $25.00.

(f)  The Chief of Police is also authorized to issue a temporary
license for the operation of the game of Bingo to be known as a
"Temporary Bingo License", which shall authorize the holder thereof
to operate the game of Bingo at a fixed location to be specified therein
for not more than ten days in any one year. The applicant therefor
shall pay a license fee of $5.00.

(g)   The proceeds from the issuance of such license shall be de-
posited by the Chief of Police in the Special Fund for widows and
other dependents of the Baltimore County Police Department.

(h) The Chief' of Police of Baltimore County is hereby authorized
to adopt regulations for the conduct of the game of Bingo in Balti-
more County and to provide therein the amount of and the method of
awarding prizes in any such game, the hours of operation, and such
additional regulations as he may deem necessary for the proper
conduct of said game.

(i) The Chief of Police may, from time to time, require the holder
of any Bingo license to produce the financial records of such holder
for his inspection in order that he may determine that the provisions
of this Act with respect to the application of the proceeds of any such
operation are being fully complied with.

(j) The Chief of Police is authorized, after public hearing, to
revoke the license of any holder thereof for failure to comply with
the provisions of this section or with any regulation adopted by the
Chief of Police pursuant to the provisions hereof.

(k) Any person, partnership or corporation which shall divert or
pay any portion of the proceeds of any game of Bingo conducted
under a license granted pursuant to this section to any other person,
except a bona fide member of the organization, or to any other
partnership or corporation, except in furtherance of the purposes of
such organization, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or
imprisonment for not more than two years, or both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.

(I) Any person, except a bona fide member of such organization,
and any partnership or corporation which shall receive any portion
of the proceeds of any game of Bingo operated pursuant to this
section from the licensee, except in furtherance of the purposes of
such organization, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.00
or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.

(m) Any person, partnership or corporation which shall violate
any of the regulations adopted by the Chief of Police of Baltimore
County pursuant to the authority granted him under this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall
be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for


 

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