342 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct.

1904, art. 27, sec. 95. 1888, art. 27, sec. 68. 1860, art. 30, sec., 42. 1892, ch. 672.
1902, ch. 215. 1904, ch. 118.

103. Every person who shall be found drunk, or acting in a disor-
derly manner, to the disturbance of the public peace, upon any public
street or highway, in any city, town or county in this State, or at any
place of public worship or public resort or amusement in any city,
town or county of this State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than
one dollar and not more than twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecu-
tion ; and when said fine and costs are not paid, the party so convicted
shall be committed to the county jail for a.term not exceeding thirty
days or until discharged in due course of law. The justice of the peace
for the respective counties of this State shall have concurrent jurisdic-
tion over such offense Avith the circuit court for their respective coun-
ties; and justices of the peace selected to sit at the respective station
houses in the city of Baltimore shall have concurrent jurisdiction over
such offense with the criminal court of Baltimore City. This section
not to apply to Frederick county.

Prosecutions for drunkenness must be brought within one month—article
57, section 12.

1914, ch. 542.

104. Any person who shall enter upon the land or premises of any
other person, whether such person be the owner or lessee of said land
or premises, and wilfully act in a disorderly manner by making loud
and unseemly noises, or by profanely cursing or swearing or using
obscene language while thereon, shall upon conviction thereof be sen-
tenced to pay a fine of not less than one dollar and not more than
twenty-five dollars, and to the costs of the prosecution; and the several
justices of the peace of this State shall have concurrent jurisdiction
over such offense with the Circuit Courts for their respective Counties;
and when said fine and costs are not paid, the parties so convicted shall
be committed to the County jail for a term not exceeding thirty days or
until discharged in due course of law; provided,, however, that the pro-
visions of this Section shall only apply to Montgomery County and
Prince George's County.

1904, art. 27, sec. 96. 1890, ch. 523, sec. 68A.

105. Any person who shall keep a disorderly house shall on convic-
tion thereof be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more
than three hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in jail for not less than
ten days nor more than six months, or to both fine and imprisonment.
This section held to have no application to an offense committed prior to
its passage. Where a party has been convicted of a common law offense
prior to the passage of a statute punishing the same offense, he is liable
to the common law penalty; but. where a statute which creates an offense
is repealed (without a saving clause), a conviction cannot be had on a
crime committed prior to the repeal. Ex post facto laws. Beard v. State,
74 Md. 131.