998                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 662

CHAPTER 662
(House Bill 584)

AN ACT to add new Section 120A 120B to the Code of Public Local
Laws of Cecil County (1953 Edition, being Article 8 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Cecil County", sub-title
"County Commissioners", to follow immediately after Section 130
120A thereof, AS SAID SECTION WAS ENACTED BY CHAP-
TER 368 OF THE ACTS OF 1957 relating to the licensing of
public amusement and vending machines in Cecil County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 120A 120B be and it is hereby added to the Code of
Public Local Laws of Cecil County (1953 Edition, being Article 8
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Cecil County",
sub-title "County Commissioners", to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 120 120A thereof, AS SAID SECTION WAS ENACTED BY
CHAPTER 368 OF THE ACTS OF 1957, and to read as follows:

120A. 120B (a) Every person, firm, association or corporation
keeping, maintaining or operating for public entertainment or amuse-
ment within Cecil County any claw machine, pin-ball machine (con-
sole or other), shuffleboard, mechanical bowling game, JUKE BOX
OR OTHER MECHANICAL MUSICAL DEVICE, or any similar
device whose operation requires the insertion of a coin or token, shall
obtain a license from the County Commissioners for each device, and
shall pay Twenty-Five Dollars annually for each license.

Every person, firm, association or corporation distributing ciga-
rettes and beverages by means of a vending machine shall obtain a
license from the County Commissioners for each machine, and shall
pay Twenty Five TEN Dollars annually for each license. For all

other types of vending machines an annual Five Dollar license for

each machine shall be required.

(b)  Every machine or device required to be licensed under this
section shall bear a tag or sticker issued by the said County Com-
missioners.

(c) Each violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred
dollars.

(D) MACHINES OWNED BY CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 28, 1959.

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.