1272                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 397

age, or charitable organization or corporation in Baltimore City or
Baltimore County to conduct or hold a carnival, bazaar or raffle for
the benefit of any such religious, fraternal, civic, war veterans'
hospital, amateur athletic or charitable organization or corporation,
provided that no individual or group of individuals shall benefit
financially from the holding of any such bazaar, carnival or raffle
or shall receive or be paid any of the proceeds from any such car-
nival, bazaar or raffle for personal use or benefit. At such carnival,
bazaar or raffle, it shall be lawful to award prizes to any individual
in merchandise and cash in any amount in Baltimore County in any
one game or spin by such devices as are commonly designated as
paddle wheels or wheels of fortune. In Baltimore City it shall be
lawful to award prizes in cash totaling up to five hundred dollars
($500.00) and in merchandise in any amount. In Baltimore County
it shall be lawful to award prizes in merchandise and cash up to any
amount, and in Baltimore City it shall be lawful to award prizes
in cash totaling up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and in mer-
chandise in any amount, but no one organization shall conduct more
than two (2) raffles in any one calendar year. As used herein, the
word "raffle" shall mean one or more drawings from a single series
of chances sold by means of chance books. Before any such carnival,
bazaar or raffle shall be operated, such group, organization or cor-
poration shall first obtain from the police commissioner of Baltimore
City, or the chief of police of Baltimore County, as the case may be,
a permit, which permit shall provide that such carnival, bazaar or
raffle shall be managed and operated only by members of such
group, organization or corporation personally and such permit shall
not be transferable. Only those bona fide religious, fraternal, civic,
war veterans' hospital, amateur athletic or charitable organizations
or corporations shall be eligible for a permit which spend the greater
part of their funds for fraternal, civic, veterans' hospital, amateur
athletic or charitable purposes in Baltimore City, if the raffle, car-
nival, or bazaar is to be held there, [or bazaar is to be held there,]
or in Baltimore County, if to be held there.

277.

(j) "Depressant or stimulant drug" shall mean—

(i) A drug which contains any quantity of (a) barbituric acid
or any of the salts of barbituric acid; or (b) any derivative of
barbituric acid which has been designated by the Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare as habit forming under Section
502 (d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
352 (d) ); or

(ii) A drug which contains any quantity of (a) amphetamine
or its optical isomers; (b) any salt of amphetamine or any salt of
an optical isomer of amphetamine; or (c) any substance which the
Attorney General of the United States, after investigation, has
found to be, and by regulation designated as, habit forming because
of its stimulant effect on the central nervous system.

(iii) Lysergic acid diethylamide; or

(iv) Any drug which contains any quantity of a substance which
the Attorney General of the United States, after investigation, has
found to have, and by regulation designated as having, a potential
for abuse because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the central
nervous system or its hallucenogenic effect.