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St. Mary's and Washington counties in connection with any arrest
for the playing or operation of any lottery, game, table, or gaming
device unlawful under the provisions of this article, all such money,
currency or cash shall be deemed prima facie to be contraband of
law as a gambling device or as a part of a gambling operation.
No such money, currency or cash shall be returned to any person
claiming the same, or to any other person, except in the manner
hereinafter in this section provided.

(e) The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
shall, prior to the expiration of one month after June 1, 1966, in
those cases in which the record of conviction or convictions, as
hereinafter provided, is or are then final, make application to the
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County for an order that all of
such money, currency, and cash then in his custody, which is deemed
contraband under this section, shall be forfeited to the County, if
the trial or other ultimate disposition of such charges or indict-
ments resulted in a record of conviction being entered against any
of the persons so arrested or charged in connection with which the
said contraband has been so seized. If said Circuit Court shall
establish to its satisfaction that there is no pending and undeter-
mined suit or proceeding filed in any court of competent jurisdiction
against said Clerk, said Court shall proceed so to order a forfeiture
of such contraband to Anne Arundel County. When any said order
of forfeiture has become final, the said Clerk shall immediately pay
over all of said contraband to Anne Arundel County.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision hereof
or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applica-
tions of this Act and of the Article which can be given effect without
the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions
of this Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1966.

Approved April 14, 1966.

CHAPTER 193
(House Bill 709)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 329G
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Kent County (1959 Edition,
being Article 15 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Kent County," subtitle "Plumbing and Health," as added by
Chapter 543 of the Acts of 1963; to provide and set the compensa-
tion of the Chairman and members of the Plumbing Board.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 329G of the Code of Public Local Laws of Kent
County (1959 Edition, being Article 15 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Kent County," subtitle "Plumbing and
Health," as added by Chapter 543 of the Acts of 1963, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: