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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Carrying
deadly wea-
pons.

827. Whenever any person shall he arrested
charged with any crime or misdemeanor, and car-
ried to any of the station houses of the city of
Baltimore, upon whose person shall be found any
pistol, dirk knife, bowie knife, slingshot, billy,
brass, iron or any other metal knuckles, razor, or
any other deadly weapon whatsoever, such person
shall be subject to a fine of not less than three nor
more than ten dollars, in the discretion of the
Police Justice of the station house to which such
person may be carried, which said fine shall be col-

Proviso.

lected as other fines are now collected; provided,
however, that the provisions of this section shall
not affect those persons who, as conservators of the
peace, are required to carry a pistol or other weapon
as part of their equipments.

In force.

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

Approved April 8, 1870.

CHAPTER 474.

AN ACT to empower the Mayor and Common
Council of Manchester to subscribe to the capital
stock of the Parkton and Manchester Railroad
Company.

Authorized to
subscribe.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil of Manchester be and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered to subscribe to the capital
stock of the Parkton and Manchester Railroad
Company the sum of ten thousand dollars, and in
the discretion of said Mayor and Common Council,
any further sum not exceeding in the aggregate
the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and in case a
less sum than twenty thousand dollars may be sub-
scribed to the said capital stock, then the said
Mayor and Common Council are authorized to en-
dorse the bonds of said Company to any amount
which, with the amount subscribed to said capital
stock, shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
of twenty thousand dollars, which endorsement