10                               Laws of Maryland                          [Ch. 2

18B.

(e) Award of license and dates to joint venture between the
Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Association of Prince George's
County and the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Washing-
ton County for racing at Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Asso-
ciation of Prince George's County track.—Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Article, the Racing Commission may award a
license and the dates heretofore awarded to the Agricultural and
Mechanical Association of Washington County to a joint venture
consisting of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Wash-
ington County and the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Asso-
ciation of Prince George's County; and the Racing Commission is
specifically authorized to approve agreements between such licensees
providing for the running of the dates of the Agricultural and
Mechanical Association of Washington County at the track of the
Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Association of Prince George's
County for a period or periods aggregating not more than nine (9)
years,; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO DATES AWARDED
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL CONFLICT WITH ANY
OTHER DATES FOR RACING IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
If such joint venture shall be awarded a license and dates for
racing at the track of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair
Association of Prince George's County during nine (9) calendar
years, the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Washington
County shall be deemed to have forfeited its rights to conduct racing
after said ninth year and it shall not thereafter be awarded dates
or a license for racing, and the number of racing days theretofore
annually awarded to it shall thereafter be awarded by the Racing
Commission to the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Associa-
tion of Prince George's County in addition to the number of racing
days then awardable to the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair
Association of Prince George's County pursuant to Section 15(a) of
this Article,; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO DATES
AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL CONFLICT
WITH ANY OTHER DATES FOR RACING IN PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY, IN THE EVENT THAT A FAIR IS NOT
HELD BY THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ASSO-
CIATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ANY YEAR COV-
ERED BY THE CONTRACT REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE
MONEY PAID OR TO BE PAID FOR THE RACING DATES
IN THOSE YEARS SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE SCHOLAR-
SHIPS FOR STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY AND WHO ARE ENROLLED IN AGRICULTURAL OR
HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMS IN APPROVED INSTITU-
TIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION PAID TO THE COMPTROLLER
FOR USE BY THE MARYLAND STATE SCHOLARSHIP BOARD.

IF THE LICENSE AND DATES ARE AWARDED AS PRO-
VIDED ABOVE IN THIS SUBSECTION, THE SOUTHERN
MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSOCIATION OF
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY FOR A PERIOD OF TEN
YEARS SHALL PAY THE SUM OF SIX THOUSAND DOL-
LARS ($6,000,00) SUCH AMOUNT AS SHALL BE REVIEWED
BY THE RACING COMMISSION, BUT IN NO CASE LESS
THAN SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,000.00) PER RACING
DAY TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER FOR EACH RACING
DAY TRANSFERRED; FROM THESE PAYMENTS THE