Marvin Mandel, Governor 1689
(e) Harford County Fair Association, Inc., for the promotion
of agriculture and during its agricultural fair.
The application to the Sheriff for the issuance of said license
shall contain a certification by one of the principal officers of the
organization stating the following:
(a) The time and place of the activities for which the license is
sought.
(b) That the activities for which the license is sought will be
solely and personally conducted, managed, and operated by the regu-
lar members of the organization without the assistance of profes-
sionals.
(c) That no cash prizes greater than $5.00 for a raffle and $50.00
for a bingo game are to be offered, except a "jackpot" in the maxi-
mum amount of [two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00)] five
hundred dollars ($500.00) directly connected with bingo games or one
cash prize per year in the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars
($250.00) for a raffle at a carnival conducted by a tax-supported
volunteer fire company.
(d) That the applicant, by one of its principal officers, will,
within fifteen (15) days after the last day named in the application
for the conducting of the licensed activities, file a report under pen-
alties of perjury certifying the following facts:
(1) That the authorized activities were conducted at the time and
place stated in the application by the regular members of the organi-
zation personally without the assistance of professionals, and that the
member or members conducting such activities do not regularly con-
duct any such activities for any other organization.
(2) That no cash prizes greater than $5.00 for a raffle or $50.00
for a bingo game were offered, except as authorized in paragraph
(c) above.
(3) The disposition of the cash proceeds of the licensed activities.
The Sheriff shall charge a license fee of one dollar ($1.00) for the
issuance of each bingo license and a license fee of five dollars ($5.00)
for each carnival and raffie license; and he shall issue to a single
organization or auxiliary unit no more than twenty-five licenses
for bingo games, four licenses for raffles, or two licenses for carni-
vals in a calendar year. A license shall be required for each day
a bingo game is operated, unless such bingo game is held in a duly
licensed carnival.
Any number of bingo game licenses, up to the maximum of twenty-
five for any calendar year, may be issued at one time if the applicant
so desires, provided that the applicant conducts bingo games no more
than one day of any given week.
Any organization refusing to file the report set forth in subpara-
graph (d) hereunder shall forfeit its right to the issuance of said
license for a period of one year.
Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize slot machines or
any type of coin machines to be used for gambling purposes.
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