MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        721

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 262
(House Bill 200)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 247 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement
Volume), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Gaming," to
permit certain non-profit organizations to operate games of bingo
in Somerset County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 247 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1967 Replacement Volume), title and subtitle "Crimes and Punish-
ments," subheading "Gaming," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

247.

Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to make it unlawful for
any bona fide fraternal, religious, or charitable organizations or
corporations, or volunteer fire company operating in communities
which have no paid fire department, to conduct or operate a game of
bingo for the benefit of charity in Anne Arundel, Queen Anne's,
Somerset, or Kent Counties, or in furtherance of the purposes of such
organizations, corporations or volunteer fire department, and in
Kent County AND SOMERSET COUNTIES, any bona fide war
veterans' organization and in Somerset County any such veterans'
organization or any bona fide private non profit yacht and or country
club shall also be included in the provisions of this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 263
(House Bill 227)

AN ACT to add new subsection (e) to Section 83 of Article 2B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume) title
"Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Hours and Days for Sale," to
follow immediately after subsection (d) of said section to provide
for the hours and days when the privileges conferred by a Class H
Beer License may be exercised in Montgomery County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subsection (e) be added to Section 83 of Article 2B of the