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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 149.

AN ACT to amend article thirty of the Code or

Public General Laws of this State, title "Crimes

and Punishments," sub-title " Gaming," by amend-

ing and re-enacting as amended, sections fifty-nine,

sixty and sixty-six of said article thirty.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That sections fifty-nine, sixty and

Amended
and re enact-
ed.

sixty-six of article thirty of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of this State, title " Crimes and Punish-

ments," sub-title " Gaming," be amended and re-en-

acted so that the same shall read as follows :

59. Any person who shall keep any gaming table

Any person
gambling.

or other place for gambling in this State, or who
shall deal at any such gaming table or other place

for gambling in this State, or who shall in any way

manage such gaming table or other place for gamb-

ling in this State, or who shall have any interest in

any gaming table within this State, or in the profits

thereof, or in the profits of any gambling at any

place for gambling within this State, shall be deemed

to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction

Penalty.

thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment in jail for

a period not less than six months nor more than one

year.

Any owner,

60. Any owner, tenant or occupant of any build-

&c , permit-
ting gamb-
ling.

ing, house, vessel or place, or of any part of any
building, house, vessel or place, who shall knowingly

permit any gaming table to be kept in such building,

house, vessel or place, or in any part of any building,

house, vessel or place owned or occupied by him or

of which he is tenant, shall be deemed to be guilty

Penalty.

of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall

be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dol-

lars, and to imprisonment in jail for a period not less

than six months nor more than one year.

State in wri-

66. If any deputy sheriff or constable in any coun-

ting

ty of this State, or if any two or more householders

in any county of this State, shall state in writing