HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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period of at least three years prior to the application to the
Sheriff.

(4) A nonprofit organization desiring to raise money
for an exclusively charitable, athletic or educational purpose
specifically described in the application to the Sheriff. To
qualify under this subsection a nonprofit organization must have
been operating as such in Wicomico County for a period of at
least three years prior to the application to the Sheriff.

(b) The application to the Sheriff for the issuance of
[said] A license UNDER THIS SECTION shall contain a certification
by one of the principal officers of the organizations stating the
following:

(1)  The time [and], place, AND TYPE OF EACH GAME [of
the activities] for which the license is sought.

(2)  That the [activities] GAMES AND GAMING DEVICES
for which the license is sought will be solely and personally
conducted, managed and operated by the regular members of the
organization without the assistance of professionals and that no
commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense will be
paid to any person for holding, operating or conducting, or
assisting in the holding, operating, or conducting of a game [of
chance, bingo, raffle or carnival] OR GAMING DEVICE.

(3)  That the applicant by one of its principal
officers, will, within fifteen days after the last day named in
the application for the permit to conduct activities authorized
by this section, file a report under penalties of perjury
certifying the following facts:

(i) That the authorized activities were
conducted at the time and place stated in the application by the
regular members of the organization personally without the
assistance of professionals.

(ii) The disposition of the cash proceeds of
the licensed activities.

(iii) That no fee for the rental of premises
will be paid by any licensee to itself, to its trustees, to a
committee of the licensee or to any organization whose members
are the same, or substantially the same, as the licensee.

[(c) The Sheriff shall charge a license fee of one dollar
($1.00) for issuance of each bingo license and a license fee of
five dollars ($5.00) for each raffle and carnival license. No
permit issued under this section shall authorize the conduct of
any games or carnival on Sunday. A license shall be required for
each day a bingo game is operated, unless such bingo game is held
in a duly licensed carnival.]