FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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more City, who shall be connected by consanguinity or

Disqualifi-
cation of

affinity with any party to a cause within the third degree,

judges.

counting down from a common ancestor to the more remote,

shall be disqualified from sitting in such cause.

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

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.

CHAPTER 522.

AN ACT to amend article twenty-seven of the Code of Public

General Laws of Maryland, title " Crimes and Punish-

ments," by adding a new sub-title to be known as " Bawdy

Houses and Houses of Ill-Fame," and add a new section

to be known as section 16 A.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That article twenty-seven of the Code of Public

New
section.

General Laws of Maryland, be amended by adding a new

sub-title to be known as '' Bawdy Houses and Houses of Ill-

Fame," and a new section to be known as section 16 A, and

to read as follows :

BAWDY HOUSES AND HOUSES OF ILL-FAME.

SEC. 16 A. Any person who shall be convicted of the

crime of keeping a bawdy house or house of ill-fame shall be
fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisoned

Bawdy
houses, &c

in jail or the House of Correction for a period not exceeding

one year, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of

the court, and upon the trial of any person charged with

keeping a bawdy house or house of ill -fame, it shall be com-

petent for the prosecution to offer in evidence, the general

reputation of the house kept by the person on trial in support

of the charge.

Approved April 7th, 1892.