J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1277

more City. IN WICOMICO COUNTY THE APPLICATION OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS LIMITED AS HERE-
INBELOW PROVIDED.

(a)   Provided that in Baltimore City said licenses shall be issued
by the mayor and city council of Baltimore City under the authority
of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1951 and ordinances adopted pursuant
thereto.

(b)   In Baltimore City and in Baltimore and Harford counties
additional license fees may be imposed by said city or counties, which
additional fees shall be used for the benefit of said counties or city
only. Any person, partnership, firm or corporation applying for such
license in Harford County, shall pay an additional sum of $20.00
per annum for each free play pinball machine, as hereinabove de-
scribed, and the sum of $35.00 per annum for each free play console
machine as hereinabove defined.

[(c) Provided that in Wicomico County no such license shall be
issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court to any person who has not
been a bona fide resident and registered voter in Wicomico County
for a period of five years immediately preceding the application for
such license.]

(C) NO FREE PLAY PINBALL MACHINE, AS HEREIN-
AFTER DEFINED, OR ANY FREE PLAY CONSOLE MACHINE,
AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED, WHICH SHALL BE OPERATED
OR PLAYED BY THE INSERTION OF A COIN OR TOKEN,
SHALL BE KEPT, MAINTAINED, OR OPERATED IN WICOMI-
ICO COUNTY.

(C) IN WICOMICO COUNTY,

(I)   FREE PLAY CONSOLE MACHINES, AS HEREINAFTER
DEFINED, SHALL NOT BE LICENSED, KEPT, MAINTAINED,
OR OPERATED FROM AND AFTER JUNE 1, 1963.

(II)   FREE PLAY PINBALL MACHINES, AS HEREINAFTER
DEFINED, SHALL NOT BE LICENSED, KEPT, MAINTAINED,
OR OPERATED FROM AND AFTER JUNE 1, 1965.

(III)  PINBALL MACHINES WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED ONLY
AS AMUSEMENT DEVICES AND DO NOT COME WITHIN THE
DEFINITION OF A "FREE PLAY CONSOLE MACHINE"
OR OF A "FREE PLAY PINBALL MACHINE", AND WHICH
ARE NOT TREATED AND CONSIDERED AS GAMING DE-
VICES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE ACT OF THE
UNITED STATES (TITLE 26, U.S.C.A., CHAPTER 36, SECTION
4461, AS AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO
TIME) MAY BE LICENSED UNDER AND ACCORDING TO
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUB-TITLE, AND KEPT, MAIN-
TAINED, AND OPERATED.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the board of County

Commissioners of Wicomico County on the effective date of this Act

shall refund to the holder of any license under this section, for the

remaining portion of a license year for any license then in effect

under the provisions of this section, a proportionate share of the

license fee for such unexpired portion of the license year.