458                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 309

veterans', religious or charitable organization or corporation in
Howard County to conduct or hold a carnival, bazaar or raffle for
the exclusive benefit of any such volunteer fire company or fraternal,
civic, war veterans', religious or charitable organization or corpora-
tion, provided that no individual or group of individuals shall benefit
financially from the holding of any such bazaar, carnival or raffle or
shall receive or be paid any of the proceeds from any such carnival,
bazaar or raffle for personal use or benefit. At such carnival, bazaar
or raffle, it shall be lawful to award prizes by such devices as are
commonly designated as paddle wheels, wheels of fortune, chance
books or bingo, provided, however, that before any such carnival,
bazaar or raffle shall be operated, such group, organization or corpora-
tion shall first obtain from the County Commissioners of Howard
County a permit, which permit shall provide that such carnival,
bazaar or raffle shall be managed and operated only by members of
such group, organization or corporation personally. The County
Commissioners of Howard County are hereby authorized to adopt and
from time to time amend regulations governing the issuance of such
raffle permits, to charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the sum of
$25.00 for each raffle permit, to require the filing of a statement under
oath at the conclusion of each raffle, carnival or bazaar to be filed by
the organization to whom said permit has been issued, to regulate the
number of permits which may be issued to a particular organization
within the period of each fiscal year, to provide for the basis for
refusal of a permit to any organization which has violated the terms
of this Act or of the regulations adopted pursuant to it for a period
of one year and to provide the means for the determination of whether
or not a group, organization or corporation is qualified to obtain a
permit under the provisions of this Act.

Any person, association or corporation knowingly operating or
attempting to operate a carnival, bazaar or raffle as authorized by
this Section in violation thereof, shall upon conviction thereof, be
subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or im-
prisonment for not more than one year or both to such fine and im-
prisonment in the discretion of the Court.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 309
(House Bill 794)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 79 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County (1957 Edition, being
Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Howard County," subtitle "County Treasurer," revising the pro-
cedure for appointment to a vacancy to the office of County
Treasurer of Howard County so as to insure that the appointee is
of the same political party as his predecessor.