WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 347
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CHAPTER 811.
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AN ACT to repeal sections one and two of article
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forty of the Code of Public General Laws of this
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State, title " Fines and Forfeitures," and to enact
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a new section in the place of said two sections so
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repealed.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That sections one and two of
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article forty of the Code of Public General Laws of
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Repealed and
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this State, title " Fines and Forfeitures," be and the
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enacted in
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same are hereby repealed, and that the following
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lieu.
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section be and the same is hereby enacted in lieu of
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the two sections so repealed :
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1. When any fine or penalty is imposed by any
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act of assembly of this State, or by any ordinance
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Deemed a
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of any incorporated city or town in this State, en-
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criminal o f-
fence.
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acted in pursuance of sufficient authority for the
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doing of any act forbidden to be done by such act
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of assembly or ordinance, or for omitting to do any
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act required to be done by such act of assembly or
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ordinance, the doing of such act, or the omission to
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do such act, shall be deemed to be a criminal offence ;
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such offence in the city of Baltimore shall be prose-
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How prose-
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cuted by the arrest of the offender for such offence,
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cuted.
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and by holding him to appear in or committing him
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for trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore at the
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Saturday sessions of siid court, which said court
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shall have jurisdiction in the said cases, and shall
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proceed to try or dispose of the same in the same
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manner as other criminal cases triable at the Satur-
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day sessions of said court may be tried or proceeded
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with, or disposed of, or such offence may be pros-
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ecuted by indictment in such court ; such offences
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in any county of this State shall be prosecuted by
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the arrest of the offender for such offence, and by
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holding him to bail to appear in or committing him
for trial in the Circuit Court for the county in which
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such offence was committed, or by indictment in
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the Circuit Court for such county for such offence.
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If any person shall be adjudged guilty of any such
offence by any court having jurisdiction in the prem-
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Sentenced to
fine.
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