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	over his or their signatures to the sheriff of such coun-
	ty, or if any officer of police in the city of Baltimore,
	or any two or more householders in said city, shall
	state in writing over his or their signatures, to the
	Board of Police Commissioners or to the Marshal of
	Police for said city, that there are good grounds for
	believing, and shall set forth in such statement the
	grounds of such belief, that any building, house, ves-
	sel or place or any part of any building, house, ves-
	sel or place within such county or city is ussd as a
	gaming house, or as a gaming room, or as gaming	Used as gain-
	premises for playing therein, or thereat, for wagers	ing house.
	or sums of money at any game of chance, or if the
	sheriff of any county, or the Board of Police Com-
	missioners for the city of Baltimore, shall believe that
	any building, house, vessel or place, or any part of
	any building, house, vessel or place within their re-
	spective counties, or in said city of Baltimore is so
	used, it shall be lawful for said respective sheriffs to
	authorize any one or more deputy sheriffs by them	Lawful.
	respectively appointed or to be appointed, and for
	said Board of Police Commissioners for Baltimore
	city, to authorize the Marshal of Police or the Deputy
	Marshal of Police for said city, and such additional
	police force as may be necessary, to enter the said	To enter
	premises so used in whole or in part for gaming pur-	premises.
	poses within their respective jurisdictions, and to
	forthwith arrest and prosecute all persons there found offending against any of the provisions of this article,
	and to seize all the implements of gaming there
	found, and to close up and keep closed any building	Close up.
	or house, or part of any building or house which
	may be found to be so unlawfully used as aforesaid,
	until otherwise directed by some competent court
	having jurisdiction in the premises.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	Effective.
	effect from and after the date of its passage.
	Approved April 14, 1880.