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314                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 266

of at least five years prior to the application to Worcester County
Bingo Board); (4) a volunteer fire company in Worcester County; or
(5) a municipal corporation in Worcester County subject to the pro-
visions of Article 11E of the Constitution of Maryland, to conduct
and operate a game of bingo within the County, as in this section
provided.

(b)   The Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, three persons to be members of the Worcester
County Bingo Board. Each shall be appointed for a term of six years,
and a
OF THE MEMBERS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE BINGO
BOARD, ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF TWO
YEARS, ONE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS AND ONE FOR A
TERM OF SIX YEARS, AND THEREAFTER ALL TERMS
SHALL BE FOR SIX YEARS. A vacancy on the Board for any
reason shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(c)  Each member of the Bingo Board shall be paid an annual
salary of $1,000.00,
$600.00, plus a reasonable traveling and expense
allowance. The cost of such payments and all the administrative costs
of the Bingo Board shall be paid by the County Commissioners of
Worcester County from the proceeds paid to the County Commis-
sioners under the provisions of this section.

(d)  Every person appointed to the Bingo Board shall be a regis-
tered voter of Worcester County and listed on the assessment records
of the County as the owner of real property.

(e)  The Bingo Board shall have power to adopt and promulgate
reasonable rules and regulations for the administration and enforce-
ment of this section. A
COPY OF THE RULES AND REGULA-
TIONS ADOPTED BY THE BINGO BOARD SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE AT A REASONABLE COST.

(f)   (1) Any local unit of a nation-wide bona fide non-profit organ-
ization or club composed solely of members who served in the Armed
Forces of the United States; (2) a bona fide religious group which
has conducted religious services at a fixed location in Worcester
County for a period of at least six years prior to the application to the
Worcester County Bingo Board; (3) a non-profit organization desir-
ing to raise money for an exclusively charitable or educational pur-
pose specifically described in the application to the Worcester County
Bingo Board (to qualify as such, a non-profit organization must have
been operating as such in Worcester County for a period of at least
five years prior to the application to Worcester County Welfare
BINGO Board); (4) a volunteer fire company in Worcester County,
or (5) a municipal corporation in Worcester County desiring to con-
duct and operate a game of bingo under the provisions of this section,
shall file an application with the Bingo Board on such form and in
such detail as the Board by regulation may prescribe. The form must
contain the name of the organization or municipal corporation, and a
list of its principal officers. It must contain also a certification that no
one will be employed in the conduct and operation of a bingo game
except a person who is employed by the organization or municipal
corporation on a regular salary and not in any way subject to the
payment of any form of commission or bonus.
, OR A BONA FIDE
MEMBER OF SAID ORGANIZATION WHO LIKEWISE SHALL
NOT RECEIVE ANY FORM OF COMMISSION OR BONUS. All

 

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