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2454
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Ch. 549
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 549
(House Bill 1391)
AN ACT concerning
Harford County
FOR the purpose of increasing prizes for certain games;
clarifying language and structure; and generally
relating to prizes and games in Harford County.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 254
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 254 of Article 27 - Crimes and
Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1976
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
254.
(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subtitle, the Sheriff of Harford County [shall be
authorized to] MAY issue a license to the following
organizations to conduct games of bingo, a raffle, or a
carnival awarding prizes by the use of paddle wheels [to
wit]:
[(a)] (1) A tax—supported volunteer fire company
or auxillary unit [of which the] WHOSE members [thereof]
are directly associated with [such] THAT fire company.
[(b)] (2) A nationally chartered veterans'
organization or auxiliary unit [of which the] WHOSE
members [thereof] are directly associated with [such]
THAT organization.
[(c)] (3) A bona fide religious group which has
conducted religious services at a fixed location in
Harford County for a period, of at least three years prior
to the application to the Sheriff.
[(d)] (4) A nonprofit organization desiring to
raise money for an exclusively charitable, athletic or
educational purpose specifically described in the
application to the Sheriff.
[(e)] (5) THE Harford County Fair Association,
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