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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 589

CHAPTER 589
(Senate Bill 477)

AN ACT concerning

Cecil County — Steeplechase Racing

FOR the purpose of providing an increase in the
percentage of the wagered sums to be retained by the
operator of a certain racing meet.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 78B — Racing Commission

Section 27

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 27 of Article 78B - Racing
Commission, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 78B — Racing Commission

27.

In addition to the other provisions of this article,
there shall be no less than two or more than four days
for steeplechase or turf racing as in this section
provided. Said days of racing shall be held by the Cecil
County Breeders' Fair, Inc. at Fair Hill, Maryland. The
days of racing shall be held on the first and second
Saturdays following Labor Day each and every year, and
such other dates as selected by the fair and approved by
the Commission. The racing card on each such day of
racing shall be so arranged and organized that there
shall be one or more "jumping" or steeplechase race for
every "flat" race on turf; except, however, that if one
of the scheduled steeplechase or jumping races is not
filled, an additional turf race may be substituted
therefor. On at least one of the days of racing there
shall be held in conjunction therewith an agricultural
fair with livestock entered for exhibition, the fair to
be held under the sanction and auspices of Maryland State
Fair Board. The said racing meets shall be held