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authorized to impose additional license fees on pinball machines and con-
sole machines; and

Whereas, notice of said tax was advertised for three consecutive weeks
in two newspapers published in the county and having a general circulation
in the county, and after such advertising a public hearing was held con-
cerning the levying and imposition of said tax;

Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND, pursuant to the power and au-
thority contained in section 11-51 of 'the Baltimore County Code, 1958, and
section 19(5) (b) of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1964
Replacement Volume) that subsection 2 of Section 11-52.3 of the Baltimore
County Code, 1958, (1966 Cumulative Supplement) title "Finance and
Taxation Generally," article "Taxes and Tax Sales," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments, as follows:

Sec. 11-52.3.

Section 2. (A) Resolved further, that a tax is hereby levied and
imposed upon every person, firm, association, or corporation keeping,
maintaining or operating within Baltimore County a claw machine, pin-
ball machine, or any similar device for public amusement or gain, the
operation of which requires the insertion of a coin or token of five cents
or more, and the result of whose operation depends, in whole or in part,
upon the skill of the operator, whether or not it affords an award to a
successful operator, in the form of a license fee of $250 [$125] for each
such machine or device, to be paid to the department of permits and
licenses in the manner required by sections 31-16 to 31-24 inclusive, of the
1966 [1962] Cumulative Supplement to the Baltimore County Code, 1958;
and

(B) RESOLVED FURTHER, THAT A TAX IS HEREBY LEVIED
AND IMPOSED UPON EVERY PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCIATION, OR
CORPORATION KEEPING, MAINTAINING OR OPERATING WITHIN
BALTIMORE COUNTY A CLAW MACHINE OR ANY SIMILAR DE-
VICE FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT OR GAIN. EXCLUDING HOW-
EVER, ANY PINBALL MACHINE WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY
TREATED IN PARAGRAPH (A) PRECEDING, THE OPERATION
OF WHICH REQUIRES THE INSERTION OF A COIN OR TOKEN OF
FIVE CENTS OR MORE, AND THE RESULT OF WHOSE OPERA-
TION DEPENDS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, UPON THE SKILL OF
THE OPERATOR, WHETHER OR NOT IT AFFORDS AN AWARD
TO A SUCCESSFUL OPERATOR, IN THE FORM OF A LICENSE FEE
OF $125 FOR EACH SUCH MACHINE OR DEVICE, TO BE PAID TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF PERMITS AND LICENSES IN THE MAN-
NER REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 31-16 to 31-24 INCLUSIVE, OF THE
1966 CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENT TO THE BALTIMORE COUNTY
CODE, 1958; AND

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the provisions
hereof shall become law and take effect on the first day of July, 1968.

READ AND PASSED this 29th day of May, 1968.

By Order:

Herbert Hohenberger, Secretary

PRESENTED to the County Executive, for his approval this 31st
day of May, 1968.

Herbert Hohenberger, Secretary