LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1829.

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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful, in
any prosecution under this act, for any person, examined as a
witness, to refuse or decline to answer any question in reference
to the commission of any of the offences created by this act,
because the answer to said question will criminate, or may tend
to criminate such witness, or will subject, or may tend to sub-

Witnesses
shall not
refuse to
answer.

ject, him or her to any penalty or forfeiture; Provided, that no
answer which may be given to any such question, shall here-
after be evidence against him or her in any case whatsoever.

Answers
shall not
criminate.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That nothing in this act con-
tained shall be so construed as to prevent persons duly licensed
to sell lottery tickets, authorized by this state, from vending the
same during the continuance of such license.

Persons
licensed
exempt.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That Baltimore city court shall
have jurisdiction of all offences created by this act, which may
be committed within the limits of Baltimore city.

City court
have
cognizance.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained
shall be construed in any manner to affect offences committed
before the passage thereof, which shall be punished as hereto-
fore.

Exception
of past
offences.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That in prosecutions for viola-
tions of this, or any other act of assembly, having relation to
the lottery system of this state, it shall not be necessary to prove
the existence of any game of chance or device, to evade the
said system, or of any lottery, where a name directly or indi-
rectly appears upon the face of the instrument or device, sold
by the accused; and such name shall not only be conclusive
evidence of the existence of the scheme referred to, but also
that such name is the true and only one.

Game —
name.

CHAPTER 198.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT,* entitled, an Act concerning Factors and
Agents.

*1825,ch.
182.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That so much of the proviso to the first section of the act to
which this is a supplement, as enacts that 'the person or per-
sons in whose name or names, any such goods, wares, or mer-
chandise, are so shipped or consigned, shall be taken for the
purpose of this act, to have been entrusted therewith for the
purpose of consignment or sale, unless the contrary thereof
shall be made to appear by bill of discovery, or otherwise, or be
made to appear, or shown in evidence by any person disputing
such fact,' be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Clause
repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the ninth section of the
bill to which this is a supplement, be, and the same is hereby
repealed.

Repeal.