HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Article 10 - Dorchester County
15-1.

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to carry
on the business of or to practice the craft of palmistry, fortune
telling, spiritualism, clairvoyance and phrenology or the like,
within Dorchester County, State of Maryland, unless each and
every such person or persons shall first obtain from the clerk of
the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, Maryland, a license or
licenses to carry on such business or practice such craft in said
county, for which they shall pay to the clerk of said court the
sum of [one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)] $250 for each year or a
fraction thereof, for the use of the said Dorchester County and
they shall pay to the clerk of said court a further sum of fifty
cents (50¢) as his fee for issuing same[,]. [such] THE license
IS to be issued in the name of the person or persons applying,
and to be issued to run from the first day of May of the year in
which issued, to and including the 30th day of April in the
succeeding year; provided that no license shall be issued to any
person professing to be a "faith healer" or the like; and
provided further, that this prohibition is not deemed to include
Christian Science practitioners.

(b)  Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each
and every offense, and if said fine and court costs are not paid,
he shall be confined in the county jail for sixty days or until
such fine and court costs are paid, whichever occurs first.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 380

(Senate Bill 1037)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages License - Transfer

FOR the purpose of providing for the transfer of a certain
alcoholic beverages license in Baltimore County under
certain circumstances and after a certain finding by the
Board if a certain license restriction is being violated;
generally relating to a transfer of a Class B beer, wine and