972                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 600

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 508 be and it is hereby added to Article 12 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Garrett
County", to follow immediately after Section 507D thereof, said
section having been enacted by Chapter 722 of the Acts of 1953, and
to be under the new sub-title "Taxes", and to read as follows:

TAXES

508. (a) The County Commissioners of Garrett County are here-
by authorized and directed to levy and impose a tax to be paid and
collected on all cigarettes possessed or held in Garrett County, by
any person, firm or corporation for sale on and after June 1,1955, at
the following rates or amounts:

(1) On cigarettes: One cent (1c) for each twenty cigarettes or
fractional part thereof.

(b)  The said County Commissioners are hereby granted full power
and authority to adopt, amend and repeal all necessary rules, regula-
tions and orders necessary for the purpose of levying and collecting
said taxes, and license fees and for the effective enforcement of the
powers conferred upon them by this section.

(c)   The proceeds of the tax derived under the provisions of this
section shall be used solely for the following purposes: (1) for sup-
plementing or increasing the salaries of school teachers in Garrett
County and (2) for construction and maintenance of the Garrett
County school system.

(d)  Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate any of the
provisions of this Act, or any rule, regulation or order adopted by
resolution of the County Commissioners of Garrett County under the
power granted herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding One Thou-
sand Dollars ($1,000), or to imprisonment not exceeding six months,
or both such fine and imprisonment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

CHAPTER 600
(Senate Bill 517)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 210 (a)
of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Birds, Game and Inland Water
Fish", sub-heading "Regulations for Taking of Game and Fresh

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