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group, organization or corporation personally and such permit
shall not be transferable.

(6) Only those bona fide religious, fraternal, civic,
veterans' hospital, amateur athletic or charitable organizations
or corporations shall be eligible for a permit which spend the
greater part of their funds for fraternal, civic, veterans'
hospital, amateur athletic or charitable purposes in Baltimore
City, if the raffle, carnival, or bazaar is to be held there[, or
in Baltimore County, if to be held there].

(b) (1) Before the police commissioner of Baltimore City
[or the chief of police of Baltimore County, as the case may be,]
shall issue a permit for any such carnival, bazaar or raffle, it
shall be his duty to ascertain the character of the organization
on whose behalf the application is made to determine if such
application comes within the provisions of this section.

(2) The application and the action taken thereon by
the police commissioner of Baltimore City [or the chief of police
of Baltimore County, as the -case may be,] shall be a public
record.

(c) Any person, association, or corporation knowingly
operating or attempting to operate a bazaar or raffle as
authorized by this section in violation thereof, shall upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding [one
thousand dollars ($1,000)] $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than
[one] 1 year, or both such fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved Kay 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 512

(Senate Bill 63)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Maryland Wine Festival

FOR the purpose of providing for the establishment of a Maryland
Wine Festival in Carroll County; creating a special
alcoholic beverages license for the Festival; limiting the
license to the sale and display of wine that is bottled or
fermented produced and processed in Maryland; providing for
the qualifications of an applicant and the scope of the
license; providing a time period for the festival; mandating