300                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 166

"Pawnbrokers", and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments
Section 453 of said Article and sub-title, amending the local laws of
Allegany County in order to remove inapplicable and obsolete pro-
visions concerning Pawnbrokers.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 450 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", sub-title "Pawnbrokers",
be and it is hereby repealed; and that Section 453 of said Article and
sub-title be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments
to read as follows:

[450.

No person shall engage in the business of loaning money upon
pledges of personal property in Allegany County, and shall charge
more than the usual legal rate of interest without first taking out a
license as required by the General Laws of the State of Maryland for
doing a pawnbroker business.]

453.

Any person or persons, firm or corporation who shall engage in the
business of loaning money upon personal property and shall charge
therefor under any pretext whatsoever any sum in excess of the usual
legal rate of interest without first taking out a pawnbroker's license
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon trial and con-
viction shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for the
first offense and by a like fine and also by imprisonment in jail for
thirty days for the second and each subsequent offense against the
provisions of this statute. Any licensed pawnbroker who shall in any
way or by any subterfuge or device violate any of the provisions of
this statute upon trial and conviction shall be punishable by a fine of
one hundred dollars for the first offense and a like fine and also by
imprisonment in jail for thirty days for a second and each subsequent
offense. [One-half of the fine hereby imposed shall be paid to the in-
former or person causing the arrest and conviction.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 166
(Senate Bill 401)

AN ACT to add new Section 91A to Article 19 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St. Mary's County",
sub-title "Justices of the Peace and Constables", to follow im-
mediately after Section 91 thereof, providing for the supervision
and training of certain justices of the peace by the State's Attorney
in St. Mary's County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 91A be and it is hereby added to Article 19 of the