JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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CHAPTER 324.

AN ACT to add additional sections to the Code of

Public General Laws, article thirty, title " Crimes

and Punishments," providing for the punishment

of abduction of children.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That any person or persons, who shall,

for purposes of prostitution, forcibly abduct from

Forcibly ab-

her home or usual place of abode, or from the

duct.

custody and control of her parent or parents, or

guardian, any female under the age of eighteen

years, or be accessory thereto, or who ehall, for said

purposes, persuade or entice from her usual place of

abode, or from the custody and control of her parent

or parents or guardian, any such female, or be acces-

sory thereto, or shall knowingly secrete or harbor

Secrete or

any such female so abducted, persuaded or enticed

harbor .

as aforesaid, against the consent of her parent or

parents, or guardian, or the person or persons who

may have the temporary care, custody or control of

such female, or be accessory thereto, shall, upon

Penalty.

conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and

shall undergo imprisonment in the penitentiary, in

the discretion of the court, not exceeding a term of

eight years.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or per-

sons, who shall, without the color of right, forcibly

Forcibly ab-

abduct, take or carry away any child under the age

duct.

of twelve years, from the home or usual place of

abode of such child, or from the custody and control

of the parent or parents, or lawful guardian or guar-

dians of such child, or be accessory thereto, or who

shall, without such color of right, and against the

consent of the parent or parents, or lawful guardian

or guardians of such child, persuade or entice from

Persuade or

the usual place of abode or house of such child, or

entice.

from the custody and control of the parent or par-

ents, or guardian or guardians of such child, or be

accessory thereto, or who shall knowingly secrete

or harbor such child, or be accessory thereto, with

the intent to deprive such parent or parents, guar-

dian or guardians, or any person who may be in