414 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ci-i. 88

$1000.00, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or
both in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall re-
main effective until December 1, 1950, but no longer unless
it shall receive a majority of the votes cast thereon at the
general election to be held in November, 1950. There shall
be printed on the ballot to be used at said general election
in November, 1950, in Carroll County the title of this Act and
underneath said title on separate lines a square or box at the

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RIGHT OF AND OPPOSITE THE WORDS "FOR BINGO,
RAFFLES, AND OTHER GAMES OF CHANCE" AND' A
CORRESPONDING SQUARE OR BOX TO THE RIGHT
OF AND OPPOSITE THE WORDS "AGAINST BINGO,
RAFFLES AND OTHER GAMES OF CHANCE" SO THAT
THE VOTERS SHALL BE ABLE TO DESIGNATE BY A
CROSS-MARK IN THE PROPER SQUARE OR BOX THEIR
VOTES FOR OR AGAINST SAID QUESTION. IF THE
MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST ON SAID QUESTION
SHALL BE "FOR BINGO, RAFFLES AND OTHER
GAMES OF CHANCE", THEN THIS ACT SHALL CON-
TINUE AND REMAIN IN FORCE; BUT IF A MAJORITY
OF THE VOTES CAST ON SAID QUESTION SHALL BE
"AGAINST BINGO, RAFFLES, AND OTHER GAMES OF
CHANCE", THEN THIS ACT SHALL BE null and void and
of no effect whatsoever on and after December 1, 1950.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an acute emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 28, 1950.