HARRY HUGHES, Governor

511

CHAPTER 117

(Senate Bill 362)

AN ACT concerning

Garrett County - Amusement Device Licenses

FOR the purpose of altering the fine limitation for convictions
for violating the amusement devices licensing requirement in
Garrett County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses
Section 20B

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

20B.

(a) (1) Every person, firm, association or corporation,
keeping, maintaining or operating for public entertainment or
amusement within Garrett County, any claw machine, pinball
machine (console or other), shuffleboard, mechanical bowling
game, or any similar device for public amusement, whose operation
requires the insertion of a coin or token, and the result of
whose operation depends in whole or in part,- upon the skill of
the operator, whether or not it affords an award to a successful
operator, shall obtain a license from the clerk of the Circuit
Court of Garrett County to do so. The annual license fee is $50
for each machine or device and shall be prorated quarterly. All
annual licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of April in
each year and are transferable to a machine of the same type.

(2) The license fee collected under the provisions of
this section shall be paid to the county for deposit in the
county funds and disbursed therefrom in the manner and for the
purposes prescribed by the county commissioners.

(b)  Any service or merchandise machine is excluded from
this section.

(c)  Each machine or device so licensed shall have affixed
to it a certificate showing that the license fee has been paid.

(d)  The Sheriff of Garrett County is responsible for
enforcing the provisions of this section.