FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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seven of the Code of- Public General Laws of Maryland,

title, " Crimes and Punishments, " subtitle, False Preteuses,

to follow after section eighty -f our and to read as follows :

84 A. If any person with intent to cheat or defraud

shall by any false or fraudulent representations, or by any

false show of baggage, goods or chattels which are calcu-

lated to deceive any hotel proprietor, keeper or manager,

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obtain lodging or credit in any hotel in this State, and shall

declared

subsequently refuse, decline or fail to pay for his credit,

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meanors.

board or lodging, the person so offending shall be guilty of

a misdemeanor, and on conviction be sentenced to pay a

fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or undergo an im-

Penalty.

prisonment in jail for a term not exceeding three months or

both or either at the discretion of the court.

84 B. Every person who shall, at any hotel, receive or

cause to be furnished any food or accommodation (with in-

tent to defraud the owner, keeper, proprietor or manager of

any hotel, out of the value or price of such food or accom-

modation), and every person who shall obtain credit at any

hotel by the use of any false pretense or device or by de-

positing at such hotel any baggage or other chattel of

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declared

value of less than the amount of such credit or of the bill

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by such person incurred with such fraudulent intent ; and

meanors.

any person who, after obtaining credit or accommodation

at any hotel, shall abscond from such hotel and shall sur-

reptitiously remove his baggage or property therefrom, shall

upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and

upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in jail

Penalty.

for a term not longer than three mouths or by a fine of not

more than one hundred dollars or both or either at the dis-

cretion of the court.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved, March 2d, 1892.