Ch. 164                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  235

such inconsistency.

10.

[The Maryland Workshop for the Blind] BLIND INDUSTRIES AND
SERVICES OF MARYLAND is empowered and authorized to make agreements
and contracts with the owner or lessee of any privately-owned buildings or
premises in this State whereby [the Workshop] BLIND INDUSTRIES would
have authority to issue licenses to blind persons who are citizens of the United
States and at least twenty-one years of age, for the operation of vending stands in
a private building or on private premises, for the vending of newspapers,
periodicals, confections, tobacco products and any other articles, except alcoholic
beverages. The construction and location of any such vending stand shall be such
as meet the approval of the owner, lessee or custodian of the building or premises
in which or on which the vending stand is to be located. (The Maryland Workshop
for the Blind] BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND,
subject to the terms of any such agreement or contract, shall have full supervision
and control over the operation of any such vending stand. [The Workshop]
BLIND INDUSTRIES shall have full discretion as to who shall be placed in
charge of each stand and shall provide the equipment for the vending stand as well
as an adequate initial stock of suitable articles to be vended therefrom.

30A.

(e-1) Every person, association or corporation engaged in the business of
telephone solicitation or door-to-door selling of products made by the blind in the
State shall register with [the Maryland Workshop for the Blind I BLIND
INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND and obtain a permit for
each person selling or soliciting the sale of products made by the blind. Each
permit shall be valid for a period of one year, unless earlier revoked for good cause
shown. A fee of fifty cents ($.50) shall be charged for each permit and for any
renewal of a permit for those persons, associations, or corporations residing or
having their main offices in this State. The fee shall be five dollars ($5.00) for
every permit or renewal for every person, association, or corporation not residing
or having its main office in this State. It is unlawful to sell in the State any
products made by the blind unless the seller holds a valid permit issued under this
subsection. [The workshop] BLIND INDUSTRIES shall investigate each
application under rules and regulations it adopts for the administration of this
subtitle, to assure that the person or organization is actually engaged in the
manufacture or distribution of goods or articles made by blind persons. [The
workshop] BLIND INDUSTRIES may register, without investigation,
nonresident persons and out-of-State associations or corporations, upon proof that
they are recognized and approved by the state of their residence or organization
pursuant to a law of that state imposing requirements substantially similar to those
prescribed under this subtitle. Violation of this subsection is punishable upon
conviction by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment
not to exceed thirty days, or both.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved April 26, 1973.