SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        153

Supplement), title "Licenses," subtitle "Traders," amending the
laws concerning licenses and license fees for certain coin-operated
vending machines, including machines for vending cigarettes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 74 (a) and 74 (b) of Article 56 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1967 Supplement), title "Licenses," subtitle "Traders,"
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

74.

(a)   Each person, firm, or corporation selling or offering for sale
through coin-operated vending machines any articles or goods of
merchandise, except cigarettes, for the sale of which a trader's
license is required, shall first obtain a license therefor and shall pay
an annual license fee for such vending machines as follows:

[For each machine charging from 26 to 5¢ for merchandise.......$1.00

For each machine charging more than 5¢ for merchandise......$2.00]

For each machine charging 2¢ or more for merchandise.__..........$2.50

(b)  Where the same machine vends more than one type or brand
of article, the basis for the fee shall be determined by adding the
number of cents required to purchase each type or brand of article
sold. For all types of coin-operated vending machines, [including
machines for vending cigarettes,] but not including machines for the
articles listed at the end of this section, the clerk issuing the license
shall supply the licensee with a metal tag or stamp to be applied to
such vending machines in accordance with regulations of the State
Comptroller. All licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of April
of each year. The license required by this section shall apply to
manufacturers as well as others operating such vending machines.
Any person, firm, or corporation maintaining or operating any such
vending machines, without a license, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding
one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to newspapers,
magazines, paper cups, paper or cloth towels, soap, toilet seat cov-
ers, postage stamps, or sanitary napkins.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 122
(Senate Bill 200)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, subsection (c)
of Section 4A of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland