HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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license has been previously obtained for each such machine from
the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which said
machine is to be operated or maintained. Any person,
partnership, firm or corporation applying for such license, shall
pay therefor the sum of thirty ($30.00) dollars per annum for
each free-play pinball machine, as hereinafter defined. Each
machine licensed hereunder shall have affixed to it a certificate
issued by the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which
said machine is to be operated or maintained, showing that the
fee for the current year has been paid. All licenses shall
expire on the thirtieth day of April in each year, shall be
transferable to any machine of the same type and the fee shall be
prorated monthly. All license fees collected under the
provisions of this section shall be paid to the county clerk for
deposit in the "county fund," and disbursed therefrom in the
manner and for the purposes prescribed by the county
commissioners.

(2)  For the purposes of this section a "free-play pinball
machine" is defined as a machine which, upon the insertion of one
or more coins, causes the mechanism to release one or more balls
for the use of the player, to be propelled by means of a plunger.
Upon the obtaining of certain scores or combinations of numbers,
the machine rewards the player with a specified number of free
games, allowing the player to continue to play the machine
without the insertion of additional coins or tokens. The
free-play pinball machine shall not pay out either cash or
tokens.

(3)  The maintenance, possession and operation of machines
of the type hereinbefore described and the awarding of free games
to players of said machines, as above set forth, are hereby
declared to be lawful when such machines are duly licensed in
accordance with the provisions of this section, any other
provision of the law notwithstanding. It shall, however, be
unlawful for any person, partnership, firm or corporation
maintaining, operating or possessing any such machine to permit
the use or operation thereof by any person under the age of
sixteen years.

(4)  Any person, partnership, firm or corporation keeping,
maintaining, possessing or operating any of the aforesaid
machines without a license, as hereinbefore provided, or
violating any of the other provisions of this section, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not
less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars nor more than one hundred
($100.00) dollars for each offense.

(5)  The provisions of this section shall apply only to
Washington County.]

20C.

(a) (1) In this section, "[coin operated game] AMUSEMENT
DEVICE" means [an amusement device] BILLIARD TABLES AND COIN