58                                Laws OF Maryland                        [Ch. 59

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 104 and 105 of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-
title "Licenses", be and they are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved February 27, 1961.

CHAPTER 59

(Senate Bill 126)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 104A of
Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-title "Licenses", said sec-
tion having been enacted by Chapter 399 of the Acts of 1959,
amending the law concerning the licensing and regulation of cer-
tain music boxes, mechanical player pianos, graphophones, or other
similar mechanical musical devices played by the insertion of a
coin or token, in Worcester County, in order to change the ex-
piration date of such licenses, and providing also for the effect of
this Act upon such licenses issued during and for the license year
beginning on June 1,1961.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 104A of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-title
"Licenses", said section having been enacted by Chapter 399 of the
Acts of 1959, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments to read as follows:

104A. Every person, firm or corporation keeping, maintaining or
operating for public entertainment in Worcester County any music
box, mechanical player piano, graphophone, or other similar
mechanical musical device played by the insertion of a coin or token,
shall obtain an annual county license therefor from the Board of
County Commissioners of Worcester County, and shall pay therefor
the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each such machine or device,
and the sum of two dollars ($2.00) for each independent coin operated
speaker delivering music on the same premises. Each machine or
device licensed must have affixed to it a metal tag issued by said
Board, showing that the fee for the current year has been paid. All
licenses shall expire on the [31st day of May] 30th day of April of
each year, shall not be transferable and shall not be prorated. Any
person, firm or corporation keeping, maintaining or operating any
such machine or device without such license shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not
to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00). All license fees collected
hereunder shall be credited to the general funds of Worcester County.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it is the legislative intent
in the enactment of this Act that licenses issued under Section 104A
of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, as