1378                             Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 780

a premium, merchandise or tokens or an award other than free
plays; making it unlawful to have an interest in or be concerned
in such devices or machines under certain conditions or knowingly
permitting such devices or machines in certain places under cer-
tain conditions; making it unlawful to pay or give any cash, a
premium, merchandise, token, pay-off or award other than free
plays to a player of such devices or machines under certain condi-
tions; providing penalties for violations of provisions of said
Section and special provisions for enforcement thereof; providing
for seizure, forfeiture and destruction of such machines and de-
vices and money, coins and tokens, under certain conditions;
providing for the closing and restriction of use of certain prem-
ises by the Circuit Court under certain conditions; providing spe-
cial provisions for prima facie evidentiary proof of violation
thereof; relating generally to certain mechanical or electrical coin
or otherwise operated devices or machines and the possession, use,
operation and management thereof in specified places in Prince
George's County under specified conditions; and providing further
for the repeal of all public general or public local laws inconsistent
with this Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 699A of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1953 Edition being Article 17 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's County", sub-title
"Gaming", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

699A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be
unlawful for any person at any place of business or other place open
to the public generally or at any Club, in Prince George's County, to
keep, maintain, set up, have, possess, operate or manage, any me-
chanical or electrical coin operated device or machine, which is
operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token, or similar object,
or any mechanical or electrical device or machine which is operated
without the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, whether the
same be commonly known as a "pinball machine" or "console ma-
chine" or any other machine requiring or not requiring the insertion
of a coin, token or similar object for its operation, and which, based
in whole or in part upon chance or skill, entitles the person playing
or operating such device or machine to receive cash, a premium,
merchandise or tokens or offers an award other than free plays to
the player, or by reason of the obtaining of certain scores or com-
binations of numbers from the operation thereof there is paid or
given to the player any cash, a premium, merchandise, token or
award; and it shall be unlawful for any person, at any place of
business or other place open to the public generally or at any Club,
in Prince George's County, to have an interest in or be concerned
as owner, lessor, lessee, licensor, licensee, principal, agent, collector,
clerk or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, in keeping, main-
taining, setting up, having, possessing, operating or managing, any
mechanical or electrical coin operated device or machine, which is
operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token or similar object,
or any mechanical or electrical device or machine which is operated
without the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, whether the
same be commonly known as a "pinball machine" or "console ma-
chine" or any other machine requiring or not requiring the insertion