PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 621

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 255(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 255(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

255.

(a) The provisions of this section apply in the following counties:

(1)	Allegany County;
(2)	Anne Arundel County;
(3)	Baltimore County;
(4)	Calvert County,
(5)	Caroline County;
(6)	Carroll County;
(7)	Dorchester County;
(8)	Frederick County;
(9)	Garrett County;
(10)	Howard County;
(11)	Prince George's County;
(12)	St. Mary's County;
(13)	Somerset County;
(14)	Talbot County; and
(15) Washington County.

(b) (1) This subtitle may not be construed to make it unlawful for any volunteer
fire company or bona fide fraternal, civic, war veterans', religious or charitable
organization or corporation to conduct or hold a carnival, bazaar, or raffle for the

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