SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         57

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

Approved March 22, 1968.

CHAPTER 59
(House Bill 544)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 50-5
of the Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1967 Sup-
plement), title "Prince George's County," subtitle "Games and
Races" making it unlawful to conduct a baseball game, football
game, motorcycle or automobile race in Prince George's County
for private gain without first obtaining a permit from the De-
partment of Inspections and Permits for Prince George's County;
to prohibit the issuing of such permit or permits for any place
within five hundred (500) yards of any church located in said
county; to provide penalties for violation thereof and to provide
that the fee shall be determined by the County Commissioners
for Prince George's County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subsection 50-5 of the Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County (1967 Supplement), title "Prince George's County", sub-
title "Games and Races", be and is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

50-5 "Games and Races"

No person, organization, association, corporation, partnership or
group of individuals shall conduct a baseball game, football game,
motorcycle race or automobile race, to which the public is invited
or admitted with or without charge for such admission, operated
for private gain, without first obtaining from the Department of
Inspections and Permits for Prince George's County a written per-
mit therefor, the fee [to be one dollar ($1.00)] shall be determined
by the County Commissioners for Prince George's County and it
shall be payable to the Treasurer for Prince George's County for
each permit issued for any one time, which fee shall be used for
the purpose of defraying the cost incurred, any excess to go into
general county fund. It shall not be lawful for the Department of
Inspections and Permits for Prince George's County to issue such
license or written permit for any place nearer than five hundred
(500) yards from any church located in Prince George's County,
Maryland. Any person, company, association or corporation oper-
ating or attempting to operate any such performance in violation
hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in jail
for a period of not more than one (1) year, or both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.

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

Approved March 22, 1968.