214 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 196.
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AN ACT to repeal sections eight hundred and eighty-one and.
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eight hundred and eighty-five, of article four, title "City of
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Baltimore," sub-title "Vagabonds, &c.," of the Code of Public
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Local Laws of the State of Maryland, and re-enact the same
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with amendments.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Maryland,
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That sections eight hundred and eighty-one and eight hundred
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Repeal.
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and eighty-five, of article four, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title
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"Vagabonds, &c.," of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State
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of Maryland, be repealed, amended and re-enacted to read as
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follows :
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SEC. 881. The said court or said justice, upon proof that any
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person is a pauper, an habitual beggar, or a vagabond as afore-
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said, shall, in the discretion of the said court or justice, commit
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Vagabond.
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said pauper, habitual beggar or vagabond to the almshouse for
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said city or to such other suitable place as may be provided for
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such purpose by the mayor and city council of Baltimore, or to-
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the Maryland house of correction for the first offense, and in a
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second or subsequent commitment of the same person for any of
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the said causes, the said person shall be committed by the said
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court or justice to the Maryland house of correction.
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SEC. 885. The time for which any person shall be sent to the
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almshonse, the Maryland house of correction, or other place as
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provided by section eight hundred and eighty-one of this article
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Penalty.
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shall not be less than one week nor more than two months for the
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first conviction, and not less than one month nor more than six
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months for the second conviction, and not less than six mouths
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nor more than twelve months for the third or any subsequent
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conviction.
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Effective.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from
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the date of its passage.
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Approved March 27, 1890.
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