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circuit court wherein said person resides. The applicant shall pay
the sum of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for such license and,
in addition thereto, twenty-five cents (25¢) to the clerk of the circuit
court for issuing the same. No fee shall be charged for issuance of
licenses to any person who is more than sixty-four years of age. Said
license shall be valid for the calendar year when issued and shall be
exhibited upon demand by any officer of the Department of Tide-
water Fisheries. The clerk of the circuit court shall send to the De-
partment monthly a record of all licenses issued under the provisions
of this subsection.

(b) Any person wishing to engage in the business of shipping
or marketing clams taken from the waters of this State shall first
obtain a license from the clerk of the circuit court of the county
wherein said person shall reside. The applicant for such a license
shall pay the clerk of the circuit court a license fee of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00), and, in addition thereto, shall pay fifty cents (50¢)
to the said clerk for issuing same. Such license shall be valid only for
the calendar year in which it shall be issued. The clerk of the circuit
court shall send to the Department monthly a record of all licenses
issued under the provisions of this subsection. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to prohibit any licensed catcher of clams from
marketing his own catch without a shipper's or dealer's license.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1964.

Approved April 7, 1964.

CHAPTER 129
(House Bill 53)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Article 35 of the Declaration
of Rights of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Declaration of
Rights," and by the amendment to declare that the office of Notary
Public shall not be considered an office of profit within the meaning
of that Article, and submitting this amendment to the qualified
voters of the State for adoption or rejection.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
(Three-fifths of all members elected to each of the two Houses con-
curring), That the following section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Article 35 of the Declaration of Rights
of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Declaration of Rights," the
same if adopted by the legal and qualified voters of the State as
herein provided, to become Article 35 of the Declaration of Rights
of the Constitution of the State of Maryland:

Article 35.

That no person shall hold, at the same time, more than one office
of profit, created by the Constitution or Laws of this State; nor shall
any person in public trust receive any present from any foreign
Prince or State, or from the United States, or any of them, without