JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

imprisonment in the jail or peniteniiary for not more than
one year, in the discretion of the court.

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

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 348.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
one hundred and twenty-nine, of Article 27, of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Crimes and
Punishments," sub-title "Gaming," so as to read as follows:

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section one hundred and twenty-nine, of Article
27, of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title
"Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Gaming," be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

Gaming.

129. Any person who shall win any money or other thing
by the thimbles, or what is called the little joker, or by dice,
or by the game commonly called crap, or by any other device
or fraudulent trick whatsoever, on conviction thereof shall be
imprisoned not less than six months nor more than two years
in the House of Correction, and fined not exceeding one hun-
dred dollars, or both in the discretion of the court.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 349.
AN ACT to amend and re-enact, with amendments, Section
one hundred and seventy-three, of Article 3, of the Code
of Public Local Laws, title "Baltimore County," sub-title
"Orphans' Court."

Punishment
for.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section one hundred and seventy-three, of Article
3, of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Baltimore
County," sub-title "Orphans' Court," be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to
read as follows:

Baltimore Co.
Orphans'
Court.

173. The judges of said court may appoint a bailiff, who
shall attend each sitting of the court, and perform such duties
as the court and Register of Wills may direct, and shall be

May appoint