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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 254

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 7-2(a) and 7-3

Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1976 Edition and 1979 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as
follows:

Article 7 - Carroll County

7-2.

(a) Every person, firm or corporation keeping,
maintaining or operating for public entertainment in Carroll
County any pinball machine or similar device operated or
played by the insertion of a coin or token issuing checks or
tokens which permits free plays or replays, only, or
registering scores, free plays, or replays, shall obtain a
license therefor from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said
County, and shall pay therefor the sum of thirty dollars
($30.00) for each such machine or device. Each machine or
device so licensed shall have affixed to it a [metal J tag
issued by the Clerk, showing that the fee for the current
year has been paid. All licenses shall expire on the
thirtieth day of April each year, shall be transferable and
shall be prorated monthly; provided, however, that nothing
in this section shall in any way be construed as authorizing
the issuance of a license, other than one hereinbefore
authorized, for any game, device or machine for which a
license may not hereafter lawfully be issued in accordance
with any law of or pertaining to Carroll County.

7-3.

Every person, firm or corporation keeping, maintaining
or operating for public entertainment in Carroll County any
music box, mechanical player piano, graphophone, or other
similar mechanical musical device played by the insertion of
a coin or token, shall obtain an annual county license
therefor from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county,
and shall pay therefor the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00)
for each such machine or device, and the sum of three
dollars ($3.00) additional for each independent coin
operated speaker delivering music on the same premises.
Each machine or device licensed shall have affixed to it a
[metal] tag issued by the Clerk showing that the fee for the
current year has been paid. All licenses shall expire on
the thirtieth day of April of each year, shall be
transferable, and shall be prorated monthly. Any person,
firm, of corporation keeping, maintaining or operating any
such machine or device without a license, shall be guilty of