JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

"Crimes and Punishments," to be known as Section 2iA, to
read as follows:

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21A. Any person or persons who shall enter upon or cross
over the land, premises or private property of any person or
persons in this State after having been duly notified by the
owner or his agent not to do so, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before some justice of
the peace in the county or city where such trespass may have
been committed, be fined by said justice of the peace not less
than one nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall stand
committed to the jail of county or city until such fine and costs
are paid; provided, however, that the person or persons so con-
victed shall have the right to appeal from the judgment of said
justice of the peace to the Circuit Court of the county or city
where such trespass was committed, at any time within ten
days after such judgment is rendered; and provided, further,
that nothing in this Act shall be construed to include within
its provision the entry upon or crossing over any land where
such entry or crossing is done under a bona fide claim of right
or ownership of said land, it being the intention of this Act
only to prohibit wilfull and wanton trespass upon the private-
land of others.

Approved March 13, 1900.

CHAPTER 67.
AN ACT to add three additional sections to Article 96 of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, entitled "United
States," to follow Section 18, and to be known as Sections
19, 20 and 21.

Penalty for
trespass.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That three new sections be and the same are hereby
added to Article 96 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, entitled "United States," to follow Section 18, and
to be designated as Sections 19, 20 and 21, and to read as
follows :

Section added
United States.

19. The consent of the State is given to the purchase by
the Government of the United States, or under the authority
of the same, from any individual or individuals, bodies
politic or corporate of an tract, piece or parcel of land within
the boundaries or limits of the State for the purpose of erect-
ing thereon forts, magazines, arsenals, coast defences or other
fortifications of the United States, or for the purpose of

Consent to
purchase land
for fort, etc.