ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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124 A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, or asso-

ciation of persons, to bet, gamble or make books and pools on the

result of any trotting race or running race of horses, or race of

any kind, or cocking-main or any base ball match, or contest of

any kind, or to establish, keep, rent, or use, or knowingly suffer

to be used or occupied any house, building or portion of a build-

ing, vessel or place on land or water for the purpose of making or

selling therein any book or pool, or of otherwise betting or gam-

bling, or of permitting gambling or betting therein or thereon upon
the result of any trotting race or running race of horses, or race

Misdemea-

of any kind or cocking-main, or any base ball match, or on any

nor

election or contest of any kind; provided, however, that nothing

in this section shall prevent pool-making, book-making, or bet-

ting on horse races on the grounds of any agricultural association

in this State during the days on which the " fairs " of such asso-

ciations shall actually be held, or upon any race course or driving

park in this State; any person violating any of the provisions of

this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor, and upon

conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five

hundred dollars, one-half to go to the informer, or imprisonment

in jail for a period of not less than six months nor more than one

year.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

Effective.

the date of its passage.

Approved March 26, 1890.

CHAPTER207.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with an amendment section one

hundred and forty-nine, of article four, of the Code of Public

Local Laws, title " City of Baltimore," sub-title " Coroners In-

quests and Dead Bodies."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That section one hundred and forty-nine, of article four, of the

Code of Public Local Laws, title " City of Baltimore," sub-title

Repeal

" Coroners Inquests and Dead Bodies," be and the same is hereby

repealed and re-enacted with an amendment so as to read as fol-

lows :

149. The governor by and with the advice and consent of the

senate, shall appoint and commission four competent persons to

act as coroners for the City of Baltimore, to hold office during

Coroners

the period of two years at an annual salary of one thousand dol-

lars each, payable quarterly by the register of said city; provided,

that before entering upon the duties of their office the persons