HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     3021

exemptions from licensing requirements; providing certain
penalties for violations of this Act; and generally relating
to the licensing of palm readers and fortune tellers in St.
Mary's County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County

Section 61-2

Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1978 Edition and September, 1984 Supplement, as amended)

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County

Section 61-3

Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1978 Edition and September, 1984 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 19 - St. Mary's County

61-2.

A.  It is unlawful for any person to conduct the business of
or to act as an itinerant or door-to-door peddler or salesman of
goods, wares or merchandise, either by sample or otherwise, in
St. Mary's County unless he has secured and holds a current
license as such, issued upon application by the Sheriff of the
county. As used herein, "peddler or salesman" includes one who
offers for sale or solicits subscriptions for magazines or other
periodical publications.

B.  The Sheriff shall prepare and have available application
forms for a peddler's[, gypsy's, fortune-teller's] and magazine
seller's license, containing such provisions and information as,
in the opinion of the Sheriff, may be necessary to keep a proper
and complete listing of the persons in St. Mary's County who are
engaged in these occupations from time to time. The license
shall be issued upon application, at a cost of twenty-five
dollars ($25.) for each year; and the cost shall not be prorated
for portions of a year. The license year begins as of January
1.

C.  Nothing in this section shall be construed or used to
apply to any person who is going from door to door in any
activity or enterprise which is conducted for and on behalf of
any nonprofit, charitable or eleemosynary agency or organization;
or to any person who is going from door to door or utilizing
roadside stands in the sale of farm produce or seafood of any
kind which he has produced or taken within the limits of St.