1300 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 777]

$10.00, to be collected as other fines are collected. Provided,
that in all cases where fine is imposed under this section the
party on whom the said fine is imposed, if he feels aggrieved
thereby, may within three days (exclusive of the date of the
imposition of said fine) appeal to the Criminal Court of Balti-
more from the action of the said police justice in such case;
and pending the hearing of said appeal, shall give surety for
his appearance in the Criminal Court of Baltimore in a sum
to be fixed by the said justice, which sum shall not be in excess
of twice the amount of said fine imposed; and the person, on
whom such fine is imposed under this section, shall at hia
option, instead of furnishing surety for his appearance, have
the right, pending his appeal, to deposit with the justice a
sum in cash double the amount of the fine imposed, as collateral
security for his appearance in the Criminal Court of Baltimore
on said appeal. Provided, no appeal shall be allowed under
this section after payment of the fine, but deposit of cash, as
such collateral security in double the amount of the fine shall
not be construed to be a payment of the said fine.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That section 762 of
Article 4 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "City
of Baltimore," sub-title "Police Commissioners," as repealed
and re-enacted with amendments by Chapter 123 of the Acts of
1898,, as repealed and re-enacted with amendments by Chapter
669 of the Acts of 1910, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 762. Any person in the City of Baltimore who shall
wear or carry any pistol, dirk knife, bowie knife, slingshot, billy,
sandbag, metal knuckles, razor or other dangerous or deadly
weapons of any kind whatsoever, concealed upon or about his
person, or any person, who shall carry or wear such weapon
openly, with the intention or purpose of injuring any person,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more
than $100, or imprisonment of not more than six months in
jail or in the House of Correction, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the Justice of the Peace,
before whom the said person may be tried, or in the discretion
the Judges of the Criminal Court of Baltimore as the case may
be. This section shall not apply to any conservator of the
peace entitled or required to carry any such weapon as part of
his official equipment or be construed to prohibit the carrying
or wearing of penknives, nor to punish any person carrying any
weapon as a reasonable precaution against danger; but the jus-
tice or the Court before whom such case may be tried, shall in
each case have the right to judge of the reasonableness of the