HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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appointment as an official court reporter by any court of
any county or Baltimore City.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 202

(House Bill 1026)

AN ACT concerning

Worcester County - Raffles

FOR the purpose of providing that in Worcester County
political patriotic organizations may conduct a raffle
under designated circumstances and conditions.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 251B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

251B.

This subtitle may not be construed to make it unlawful
for a bona fide fraternal, civic, war veterans, religious,
POLITICAL PATRIOTIC, educational or charitable organization
or corporation or volunteer fire company in Worcester County
to conduct a raffle for the benefit of a charity in that
county or in furtherance of the purposes of that
organization, corporation or volunteer fire company.
However, an individual or group of individuals may not
benefit personally from the holding of any raffle. At a
raffle it shall be lawful to award prizes by devices
commonly known as paddle wheels, wheels of fortune or chance
books. A group, organization, corporation or volunteer fire
company must first obtain from the County Commissioners of
Worcester County a permit, which provides that the raffle be
managed and operated only by members of that group,
organization, corporation or volunteer fire company
personally.