J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      665

or any other negotiable instrument of any kind drawn, whether by
such person or by any other person, persons, firm or corporation,
upon any bank, person, firm, or corporation, not indebted to drawer,
or where the drawer or drawers thereof, shall not have provided for
the payment or acceptance, or by means of a credit card or purported
credit authorization which he is not authorized to present and use
for such purpose, and the same be not paid upon presentation, shall
be deemed to have obtained such money, credit, goods, services,
release, wares, or things of value by means of a false pretense, and
upon conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, as provided
in Section 140 of this article, at the discretion of the court. Where
the value of such money, credit, goods, services, release, wares, or
anything of value is less than one hundred dollars, such person,
upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined
not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than eighteen
months in the house of correction or jail, or both fined and im-
prisoned in the discretion of the court and the trial magistrates of
the counties shall have concurrent jurisdiction over such offense
with the circuit courts of the counties. The giving of the aforesaid
worthless check, draft or negotiable instrument, or of the credit card
or purported credit authorization, shall be prima facie evidence of
intent to cheat or defraud; provided that if such person shall be a
bona fide resident of the State of Maryland and shall deposit with
the drawee of such paper or the acceptor of the credit card or
purported credit authorization within ten days thereafter funds
sufficient to meet the same, with all costs and interest which may
have accrued he shall not be prosecuted under this section, and no
prosecution either by presentment, indictment or otherwise, shall be
instituted or commenced until after the expiration of said period
of ten days.

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

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 471
(Senate Bill 370)

AN ACT to add new sub-section (iii-a) to sub-section (2) of Section
55 of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume), title "Insurance Code", sub-title "3. In-
surers: Authorization and General Requirements", to follow im-
mediately after sub-section (2) (iii) thereof, adding an additional
ground for refusal, revocation or suspension of an insurer's
certificate of authority.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new sub-section (iii-a) be and it is hereby added to sub-section
(2) of Section 55 of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement volume), title "Insurance Code", sub-title "3.
Insurers: Authorization and General Requirements" to follow im-
mediately after sub-section (2) (iii) thereof, and to read as follows: