SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        359

subtitle "False Pretenses, Bad Checks, Etc.," to extend the juris-
diction of the Municipal Court of Baltimore City in cases of false
pretenses.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 140 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1967 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Crimes and
Punishments," subtitle "False Pretenses, Bad Checks, Etc.," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

140.

Any person who shall by any false pretense obtain from any other
person any chattel, money or valuable security, with intent to de-
fraud any person of the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court,
to be punished by fine and imprisonment, or by confinement in the
penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than ten years, as
the court shall award; provided always, that if upon the trial of any
person charged with such misdemeanor it shall be proved that he
obtained the property in question in any such manner as to amount
in law to larceny or robbery, he shall not by reason thereof be
entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor; and no person tried
upon such misdemeanor shall be afterwards liable for larceny or
robbery upon the same facts; and provided also, that a mere promise
to be prosecuted for future payment, though not intended to be per-
formed, shall not be sufficient to authorize a conviction under this
section. In Wicomico County, St. Mary's County, Worcester County,
Caroline County, Prince George's County, and Anne Arundel County
where the amount of money or the value of the thing received does
not exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00), the people's court and
the trial magistrates, respectively, shall have concurrent jurisdic-
tion with the circuit court to try persons charged with violating this
section and Sections 142 and 144 of this article, provided that per-
sons so convicted in the people's court or trial magistrate's court
shall not be sentenced to the penitentiary by that court. In Balti-
more City where the amount of money or the value of the thing re-
ceived does not exceed [one hundred ($100.00)] five hundred dollars
($500.00), the Municipal Court of Baltimore City shall have juris-
diction to try persons charged with violating this section, provided
that persons so convicted in the Municipal Court shall not be sen-
tenced to the penitentiary by that court.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 307
(House Bill 822)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 490 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement