ART. 27] VAGRANTS AND TRAMPS. 461

1904, art. 27, sec. 425. 1888, art. 27, sec. 275. 1880, ch. 31. 1888, ch. 274.

1906, ch. 704.

478. Every person, not insane, who wanders about in this State,
and lodges in market houses, market places, or in other public build-
ings, or in barns, outhouses, barracks, or in the open air, without hav-
ing any fixed place of residence, and without having any lawful occu-
pation in the city, town or county in which he may so wander, and
without having any visible means of support, shall be deemed to be a
tramp, and to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to im-
prisonment in the House of Correction, at the discretion of the court
or justice of the peace hearing the charge, for a period of not less than
thirty days, nor more than one year; provided, that in Talbot, Somerset,
Wicomico and Worcester counties the court or justice of the peace may
sentence such offenders to the county jails of the respective counties
instead of the House of Correction. This section not to apply to Alle-
gany county.

Ibid. sec. 426. 1888, art. 27, sec. 276. 1880, ch. 31. 1888, ch. 274

479. The respective justices of the peace in the respective counties
of this State shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts
for their respective counties, and the justices of the peace selected to sit
at the respective station houses in the city of Baltimore shall have con-
current jurisdiction with the criminal court of Baltimore in the cases
of persons arrested as tramps; and such respective justices shall pro-
ceed to hear and determine such cases when the parties arrested as
tramps are brought before them, respectively, and to acquit such per-
sons or to sentence them for such offense if convicted, unless such respec-
tive persons so charged, when so brought before them, respectively, and
before they are respectively tried, as aforsaid, shall pray a jury trial.
If any person charged with being a tramp, brought before a justice of
the peace selected to sit at a station house in the city of Baltimore, shall
pray a jury trial as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the said justice of
the peace to commit such person for trial, or to hold him to bail to
appear before the criminal court of Baltimore, and to return the com-
mitment or recognizance in such case to the clerk of the said court; and
if any person charged with being a tramp, brought before a justice of
the peace for any county in this State, shall pray a jury trial as afore-
said, it shall be the duty of the said justice of the peace to commit such
person for trial or to hold him to bail to appear for trial before the cir-
cuit court for the county in which such person was arrested at the pend-
ing term of said circuit court, if it be then in session, or at the next
term thereof if it be not then in session. Such respective justices of the
peace shall endorse upon the commitment or recognizance of any such
person so praying a jury trial the names and places of residence of the
witnesses on behalf of the prosecution, and shall cause such respective
witnesses to enter into recognizance for their respective appearance
against such person in the court into which such commitment or recog-