160 CHIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

and costs. The justice 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. This section not
to apply to Frederick nor Carroll county.

1890, ch. 523.

68 A. Any person who shall keep a disorderly house, shall, on
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dol-
lars 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.
Beard v. State, 74 Md. 131.

Embezzling Property and Writings.

1892, ch. 35.

79 A. In all coses where any person or persons shall be
employed in the management or navigation of any vessel or
vessels in any river, bay or other waters exclusively within this
State, on shares, whereby the master and owner or owners of such
vessel or vessels are to receive a certain share, respectively, of the
proceeds derived from the sale of the cargo or cargoes thereof,
the owner or owners of such vessel or vessels shall be deemed
ipso facto owner or owners of a part of the cargo, equal in quan-
tity to the share of the proceeds, which, by the terms of such
employment, such owner or owners may be entitled to receive;
and the master of such vessels shall be deemed to be the agent of
the owner for the purpose of selling or disposing of such owner's
share of the cargo; and the master of such vessel shall account
for and pay over to such owner or owners his or their share of
the cargo. or the proceeds thereof; and if such master shall
neglect or refuse to account for and pay over to such owner or
owners the consideration received therefor, with intent to defraud
the said owner or owners, or any of them, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any court
of this State having criminal jurisdiction, shall be subject to the
penalty or penalties as provided in section seventy-eight of this
article.