1522                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                         CH. 747

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 257(a) of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1967 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title
"Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Crimes and Punishments,"
subheading "Gaming," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

257.

(a) Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to make it unlaw-
ful for any bona fide religious, fraternal, civic, war veterans', hos-
pital, amateur athletic organization in which all playing members
are less than eighteen years of age, or charitable organization or
corporation in Baltimore City or Baltimore County to conduct or
hold a carnival, bazaar or raffle for the benefit of any such religious,
fraternal, civic, war veterans', hospital, amateur athletic or chari-
table organization or corporation, 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 to any individual in merchandise up to $15.00 in Balti-
more City and in merchandise and cash in any amount in Baltimore
County in any one game or spin by such devices as are commonly
designated as paddle wheels or wheels of fortune. [It] In Baltimore
City it shall be lawful to award prizes in merchandise aggregating
not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) in value in one raffle
and in Baltimore County it shall be lawful to award prizes in mer-
chandise and cash up to any amount, but no one organization shall
conduct more than two (2) raffles in any one calendar year. As used
herein, the word "raffle" shall mean one or more drawings from a
single series of chances sold by means of chance books. Before any
such carnival, bazaar or raffle shall be operated, such group, organ-
ization or corporation shall first obtain from the police commissioner
of Baltimore City, or the chief of police of Baltimore County, as the
case may be, 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 and such permit
shall not be transferable. Only those bona fide religious, fraternal,
civic, war veterans', hospital, amateur athletic or charitable organ-
izations or corporations shall be eligible for a permit which spend
the greater part of their funds for fraternal, civic, veterans', hos-
pital, amateur athletic or charitable purposes in Baltimore City, if
the raffle, carnival, or bazaar is to be held there, or in Baltimore
County, if to be held there.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 747
(House Bill 1008)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 38-2(b)
and 38-3(b) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's