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and to pay all damages, costs and counsel fees that may be recovered
against the County Commissioners of said Somerset County in any
Court of competent jurisdiction as a result of damages sustained by
any person due to the said maintenance dredging and pay any other
costs incurred by said County Commissioners of Somerset County as
the result thereof, whether directly or indirectly incurred.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by
a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 239
(House Bill 682)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 338 and
339 (a) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1955
Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Allegany County," subtitle "Licenses," amending the
law with regard to the type and manner of posting certain licenses
in said county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 338 and 339 (a) of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Allegany County (1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County," subtitle "Li-
censes," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

338.

Every person, firm or corporation keeping, maintaining or operat-
ing for public entertainment in Allegany County any music box,
mechanical player piano, graphophone, or other similar mechanical
musical device played by the insertion of a coin or token, shall obtain
an annual county license therefor from the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of said county, and shall pay therefor the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00)
for each such machine or device, and the sum of One Dollar ($1.00)
additional for each independent coin-operated speaker delivering
music on the same premises. Each machine or device licensed shall
have affixed to it [a metal tag] or posted in a conspicuous place on the
premises wherein said machine or device is located the license issued
by the Clerk, showing that the fee for the current year has been paid.
All licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of April of each year,
shall be transferable, and shall be prorated monthly. Any person, firm
or corporation keeping, maintaining or operating any such machine
or device without a license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). All
license fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid
to the County Commissioners of Allegany County and credited to the
general funds of the county.