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operated by the same licensee. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
NO LICENSE SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY VENDING
STAND LICENSED BY THE MARYLAND WORKSHOP FOR
THE BLIND. The Clerk shall retain as compensation for issuing
each of the above licenses, the sum of fifty cents (50¢), the balance
of said fee to be paid and accounted for as prescribed by law.

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 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 593
(House Bill 468)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 24 of
Article 78B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Racing Commission", providing that if any winning ticket
bought after June 1,1957 is not redeemed for a period of one year,
the amount necessary to redeem the ticket shall be paid to the
general funds of the State, and correcting mistakes therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 24 of Article 78B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Racing Commission", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with' amendments, to read as follows:

24. (a) If any winning ticket bought after June 1, 1951 and before
June 1, 1957, is not redeemed for a period of three years, the amount
necessary to redeem the ticket shall be paid to the general funds of
the State. Beginning January 1, 1955, every licensee shall report
annually to the State Comptroller the amount payable to the general
funds of the State under this sub-section, for the preceding year
ending December 31, and shall remit to the Comptroller the said
amount which shall be credited by the Comptroller to the general
funds of the State. If any licensee fails to report when any money
is due or wilfully or knowingly renders a report which undertakes
the amount owed under this sub-section, the license of such licensee
shall be revoked. Any licensee whose license is revoked under this
section shall be ineligible to hold a license for a period of one year
after the revocation.

(b) If any winning ticket bought after June 1, 1957, is not re-
deemed for a period of one year, the amount necessary to redeem
the ticket shall be paid to the general funds of the State. Beginning

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.