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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1924
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CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 1007

tkis State, and any and all buildings, appurtenances, apparatus, equipment,
supplies and other property and effects connected therewith.

Disturbance of the Public Peace.

An. Code, sec. 101. 1904, sec. 93. 1888, sec. 67. 1880, ch. 22. 1884, ch. 181. 1898, ch. 351.

1900, ch. 285.

118. Any person who shall wilfully obstruct or hinder the free passage
of persons passing along or by any public street or highway in any city
or town of this State, or who shall wilfully disturb any neighborhood in
such city or town by loud and unseemly noises, or shall profanely curse
and swear or use obscene language upon or near to any such street or
highway within the hearing of persons passing by or along such highway,
or shall wilfully hinder or obstruct the free passage of persons passing on
or through or out of the station grounds of any railroad in the State, or
who shall wilfully act in a disorderly manner within such station grounds
by making such loud and unseemly noises, or by catching hold of and solicit-
ing persons on said grounds against the will of such person, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to 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 jurisdic-
tion with the courts of this State having criminal jurisdiction over the
offenses described in this section, provided this section shall not apply to
Baltimore city.

An. Code, sec. 102. 1904, sec. 94. 1902, ch. 281, sec. 67A.

119. Any person who shall be found drunk or acting in a disorderly
manner to the disturbance of the public peace, or who shall wilfully act in
a disorderly manner by making loud and unseemly noises or by profanely
cursing, swearing or using obscene language or by indecently exposing his
person on or about any steamboat wharf, dock or public waiting room, or
in or about the station grounds of any railroad in the State, or in or on any
steamboat, street car, electric car, railroad car, passenger train or other
public conveyance, or who shall wilfully catch hold of and solicit persons
against the will of said persons, or obstruct their free passage to or through
or out of such steamboat wharves, docks, public waiting rooms, railroad
stations, street cars, electric cars, railroad cars, passenger trains or other
public conveyance, shall upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine of
not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars and costs, and when
such fine and costs are not paid, the party shall be committed for not less
than seven days or more than sixty days to the city or county jail, such
party to be released at any time before the term of his imprisonment expires
upon the payment of his fine and costs. The justices of the peace for the
respective counties of this State shall have concurrent jurisdiction over
such offense with the circuit courts for their respective counties, 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; and any person who shall commit any of

 

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