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not be held, shown or played within 200 feet of any permanent place of
worship except in armories. It shall be lawful to fish or crab on Sun-
day for recreation only, and not for profit through gales of fish or
crabs. It shall be unlawful to hold at any time on Sunday any con-
test between animals, such as horse-racing or dog-racing, or any contest
between machines, such as motorcycles and motor vehicles of all kinds.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not
less than Five Dollars ($5.00) and not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00)
for each offense.
6. No person in the City of Baltimore shall sell, dispose of, barter,
or deal in, or give away any articles of merchandise on Sunday, except
retailers) who may sell and deliver on said day any tobacco, cigars,
cigarettes, candy, sodas and soft drinks) ice, ice cream, ices and other
confectionery, milk, butter, eggs, bread, fruits and all articles of cooked
meats and food stuffs prepared for consumption, gasoline, automobile
accessories and parts, oils and grease, artificial and natural flowers. In
addition to the articles hereinbefore mentioned) drug stores may sell on
Sunday toilet goods, hospital supplies, thermometers, camera films, sur-
gical instruments and appliances, rubber goods, drugs, medicines, patent
medicines and all other such articles as are customarily used for the
relief of pain or prescribed by physicians; provided further, however,
that it shall be lawful for any one to sell and deliver newspapers and
periodicals on Sunday.
Any person violating any one of the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
a sum not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) nor more than Fifty Dol-
lars ($50.00), for the first offense, and if convicted a second time for
a violation of this section, the person or persons so offending shall be
fined a sum not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five
Hundred Dollars ($500,00); and in case of being convicted more than
twice for a violation of this section, such person or persons on each occa-
sion shall be fined a sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
6. It shall not be lawful to keep open or use any dancing saloon,
opera house, ten-pin alley, barber saloon or ball alley within the City
of Baltimore on the Sabbath Day, commonly called Sunday; provided,
however, that it shall be lawful to exhibit motion pictures, to give
theatrical performances or musical concerts, and to open or use bowling
alleys, after 2 o'clock P. M. on Sunday in said City, with or without
a charge or admission fee.
Any person or persons, or body politic or corporate, who shall violate
any provision of the section, or cause or knowingly permit the game to
be violated by a person or persons in his, her or its employ, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall be fined a
sum not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00), in the discretion of the Court, for the first offense;
and if convicted a second time for a violation of this section, the person
or persons, or body politic or corporate shall be fined a sum not legs
than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dol-
lars ($500.00); and, if a natural person, shall be imprisoned not less
than ten nor more than thirty days in the discretion of the Court; and
in the case of any conviction or convictions under this section subsequent
to the second, such person or persons, or body politic or corporate shall
be fined on each occasion a sum at least double that imposed upon him,
her, them or it on the last preceding conviction, hut in no case more
than Five Hundred Dollars; and if a natural person shall be imprisoned
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