J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            457

CHAPTER 341
(House Bill 428)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 14 of
Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Licenses", sub-title "Billiards", eliminating the differential
in fee between the license for the first table and additional tables.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 14 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Lincenses LICENSES", sub-title "Billiards",
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

14. A license may be granted to any person who may apply for
permission to keep a billiard table or tables, for which license there
shall be paid the sum of ten dollars [, and for every additional
billiard table kept by the same person he shall pay a license of five
dollars; provided, that all said additional tables shall be kept in the
same premises] for each table; and the words billiard tables shall be
construed to include pool tables; and provided further, that any per-
son who shall keep a pool or billiard table where a charge is made for
playing on the same but the said charge is returned or is to be
returned to the players to be exchanged with the owner of said table
or his agent for money, drinks, cigars or any other article of mer-
chandise, shall be considered as gambling, and such tables shall be
deemed gaming tables for the purposes of this Article; and the per-
son so keeping such table shall be liable to the penalty or penalties
prescribed by the public general laws for keeping a gaming table or
other place of gaming or permitting gambling on his or her
premises

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
May 1, 1960.

Approved April 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 342

(House Bill 431)

AN ACT to repeal Section 24 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Ed.), title "Licenses", sub-title "Hawkers and
Peddlers", and to enact in lieu thereof a new Section, to be known
as Section 24, and to follow immediately after Section 23 of said
Article, authorizing the granting of a Hawkers and Peddlers
License to an individual, partnership or corporation.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland
That Section 24 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

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