J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        593

after said ninth year and it shall not thereafter be awarded dates
or a license for racing, and the number of racing days theretofore
annually awarded to it may thereafter be awarded by the Racing
Commission to Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society in
addition to the number of racing days then awardable to Maryland
State Fair and Agricultural Society pursuant to Section 15 (a) of
this article.

19.
(A)

(3) [One-quarter of all revenues collected from licensees licensed
under Section 15 of this article and such portion of the revenues
collected from licensees licensed under Section 17 of this article as,
together with one-quarter of all revenues collected from licensees
licensed under Section 15 of this article, including breakage paid to
the Comptroller for the use of the Maryland State Fair Board under
Section 16 of this article, shall be equal to the sum of $250,000 shall
be allocated and paid to the Maryland State Fair Board and used
for the promotion of State and county agricultural fairs and
exhibits.] From all revenues collected from licensees licensed under
Sections 15 and 17 of this article, the Comptroller shall pay to the
Maryland State Fair Board a sum equal to $314,000 less the sum
received by the Maryland State Fair Board under Section 17 of this
article, to be used for the promotion of State and County agricultural
fairs and exhibits.

28.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 18B, NO PERSON, COR-
PORATION OR ASSOCIATION LICENSED TO CONDUCT RAC-
ING UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL CONVEY, ASSIGN, OR
TRANSFER OR ATTEMPT TO CONVEY, ASSIGN, OR TRANS-
FER, BY MERGER, SALE, LEASE, OR OTHERWISE, ITS RAC-
ING DATES TO ANOTHER PERSON, CORPORATION OR AS-
SOCIATION UNLESS EXPRESS AUTHORIZATION HAS FIRST
BEEN ENACTED BY THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY. IF ANY LICENSEE SHALL SUSPEND OPERATIONS FOR
RACING PURPOSES AT ANY TRACK FOR A PERIOD OF TWO
(2) SUCCESSIVE YEARS, THE DAYS ASSIGNED OR ASSIGN-
ABLE TO SUCH LICENSEE SHALL REVERT TO THE STATE
FOR FURTHER ASSIGNMENT BY LEGISLATIVE ENACT-
MENT.

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

June 1, 1963.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT IF ANY
WORD, CLAUSE, SECTION OR PROVISION OF THIS ACT IS
HELD TO BE INVALID OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL, SUCH IN-
VALIDITY OR UNCONSTITUTIONALLY SHALL NOT BE CON-
STRUED TO RENDER INVALID OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ANY OTHER WORD, CLAUSE, SECTION OR PROVISION
THEREOF; AND FOR THIS PURPOSE THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ACT ARE DECLARED TO BE SEVERABLE.

SEC. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
SHALL TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.