SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          197

terminals and stations) which are engaged in mass transportation
of persons.

(j) The responsibility for enforcement of this subtitle is as fol-
lows:

(1)  where any State capital non-school funds are utilized OR
WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS UPON STATE-OWNED LAND—
the Department of Public Improvements;

(2)  where any State aid for school construction funds are uti-
lized—the State Department of Education; and

(3)  where funds of counties or other political subdivisions are
utilized (exclusive of State funds)—the governing bodies thereof.

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

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 149
(Senate Bill 421)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section 379 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement
Volume), title "Crimes and Punishment," subtitle "Machine
Guns," to change the responsibility of registration of machine
guns from the Secretary of State to the Superintendent of the
Maryland State Police.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 379 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1967 Replacement Volume), title "Crimes and Punishment," sub-
title "Machine Guns," be, and hereby is, repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:

379.

Every machine gun now in this State shall be registered fin the
office of the Secretary of State,] with the Superintendent of the
Maryland State Police, on June 1, 1933, and annually thereafter.
If acquired hereafter it shall be registered within 24 hours after its
acquisition. Blanks for registration shall be prepared by the [Secre-
tary of State] Superintendent of the State Police and furnished
upon application. To comply with this section the application as filed
must show the model and serial number of the gun, the name, ad-
dress and occupation of the person in possession, and from whom
and the purpose for which the gun was acquired. The registration
data shall not be subject to inspection by the public. Any person
failing to register any gun as required by this section shall be pre-
sumed to possess the same for offensive or aggressive purpose.

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

Approved April 10, 1968.