HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                         4069

subsection (a) of this section if the County Commissioners of
Charles County grant a permit which specifies the nature of the
gambling device and the frequency with which the carnival,
bazaar, raffle, or card party shall be held.

(2)  A person under the age of 18 may not participate
in the activities described in this section.

(3)  The County Commissioners may charge a reasonable
fee for the issuance of the permit.

[(c)] (D) (1) In St. Mary's County, a volunteer fire
company or bona fide fraternal, civic, war veterans', religious,
or charitable organization or corporation may conduct or hold a
carnival, bazaar, or raffle and may operate gaming devices which
are commonly designated as paddle wheels, wheels of fortune,
chance books, bingo, nevada cards, stamp machines, or any other
gaming device, excluding slot machines as defined in § 264B of
this article, if no individual or group of individuals benefits
financially from the operation of the gaming devices, or receives
or is paid any of the proceeds from the operation of the gaming
devices for personal use or benefit.

(2)   If used on a daily basis, the number of gaming
devices operated by a volunteer fire company or bona fide
fraternal, civic, war veterans', religious, or charitable
organization or corporation is limited to five, and the premises
in which the organization or corporation operates the gaming
devices may not contain more than five gaming devices.

(3)  All proceeds from the operation of paddle wheels,
wheels of fortune, chance books, bingo, nevada cards, stamp
machines or any other gaming device shall be used solely for the
legitimate charitable, benevolent, or exempt purposes of the
volunteer fire company or bona fide fraternal, civic, war
veterans', religious, or charitable organization or corporation
and may not be used to personally benefit any member or members.

(4)  Accurate books and records of proceeds and
expenditures involving gaming devices shall be kept by the
organization or corporation and, upon request, shall be made
available for examination to the State's Attorney for St. Mary's
County, to any Maryland State Police officer, and to the Sheriff
or deputy sheriff of St. Mary's County.

(5)  The operation of gaming devices shall be
personally managed by members of the volunteer fire company     or
bona fide fraternal, civic, war veterans', religious, or
charitable organization or corporation.

(E) (1) IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION
(B) OF THIS SECTION ALSO APPLY TO ANY BONA FIDE:

(I) AMATEUR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION IN WHICH ALL