SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         53

dents of the neighborhood in which the place of business is to be
located, or that there are other reasons, in the discretion of the
board, why the license should be issued, then the application shall
be disapproved and the license applied for shall be refused. If no
such finds are made by the board, then the application shall be
approved and the said board shall issue [it] its certificate of
approval for presentation to the clerk of the court of the county
in which the place of business is to be located, or to the clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in Baltimore City, as the case may be, and
the said clerk shall issue the license applied for upon presentation
of said certificate, and the payment of the fee required, except that,
in Prince George's County, such certificate of approval shall not be
presented to nor payment made to the clerk of the court, rather, if
no such findings are made by the board, then the application shall
be approved and the said board shall issue the license applied for,
after payment of the required fee to the treasurer of Prince George's
County, provided that said board shall maintain a record of licenses
issued.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved March 24, 1967.

CHAPTER 38
(Senate Bill 54)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11A(d)
of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Supple-
ment), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "I. Crimes and
Punishments," subheading "Assault on Child," correcting an
error in the laws concerning the malicious treatment of children.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11A(d) of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1966 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "I.
Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Assault on Child," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

11A.

(d) Each such report made pursuant to the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be made to the agencies as provided for hereinafter, both
orally and in written form; both the reports to be made as soon as
is reasonably possible in the circumstances, but, in any case, the
written report must be made within forty-eight (48) hours of the
contact, examination, attention or treatment which disclosed the
existence of possible malicious treatment or beating. The oral report
shall be made either by telephone or direct communication to the
local department of welfare, provided, however, that such report
shall not be necessary if it is the local department of welfare which
discovers the condition and provided, further, that if the person
making the report believes or has reason to believe that immediate