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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 677.
AN ACT to repeal Section eight hundred and sixty-eight of
Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "City of
Baltimore," and sub-title "Miscellaneous Local Laws," and
to re-enact the same with amendments.

City of Balto.
Miscellaneous
Local Laws.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section eight hundred and sixty-eight of Article 4
of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore,"
and sub-title "Miscellaneous Local Laws," be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

Paupers,
beggars,
vagrants, etc.,
may be
committed to
Md. House of
Correction.

868. The said court or said justice, upon proof that any
person is a pauper, an habitual beggar, a vagrant, or a vaga-
bond, as aforesaid, shall, in the discretion of the said court
or justice, commit said pauper, habitual beggar, vagrant or
vagabond to the Maryland House of Correction, or to such
other suitable place as may hereafter be provided for said pur-

Proviso.

pose by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; provided,
that any person found to be a pauper, or an habitual beggar,
who may not be able-bodied, but aged or seriously crippled or
infirm, may, in the discretion of said court or justice, be com-
mitted to the almshouse of said city, and that any minor
committed under this section may be sent to any reformatory
institution to which minors may be committed under Article
27 of the Code of Public General Laws.

SEC 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 678.
AN ACT to authorize certain Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
panies of the State of Maryland to reinsure in other
companies the whole or part of risks assumed by said
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore