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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

court of competent jurisdiction, be fined ten dol-

lars and costs for each and every offence.

SEC. 931. Every person having the custody of

any girl under the age of sixteen years, and of

any boy under the age of fourteen years, shall re-

strain such child from habitually begging, whether

Begging pro-

actually begging or under the pretence of ped-

hibited.

dling. Any person offending under this section

shall be considered and deemed as incapable of

taking care of and providing for such child, and

such child shall, by reason thereof, be deemed as

coming within the conditions of section nine hun-

dred and thirty-two of this act.

SEC. 932. Any girl apparently under the age of

sixteen years, and any boy apparently under the

age of fourteen years, that conies within any of

the following descriptions named : that is known

Habitually
begging

to be habitually begging or receiving or gathering

alms, whether actually begging or under the pre-

tence of peddling or offering for sale anything, or

being in any street, road or public place for the

purpose of so begging, gathering or receiving

alms ; that is found wandering and not having

any home or settled place of abode or proper

guardianship, or visible means of subsistence ;

that is found destitute, either being an orphan or

having a vicious parent who is undergoing penal

servitude or imprisonment; that frequents the

company of reputed thieves or prostitutes, or

houses of assignation or prostitution, or dance-

houses, concert saloons, varieties, or places speci-

fied in section nine hundred and thirty of this act,

Shall be ar-

without parent or guardian, shall be arrested and

rested.

brought before a court or magistrate. When,

upon examination before a court or magistrate, it

shall appear that any such child has been engaged

in any of the aforesaid acts, or comes within any

of the aforesaid descriptions, such court or magis-

trate, when it shall deem it expedient for the wel-

fare of the child, shall commit such child to an

orphan asylum, charitable or other institute, or

make such other disposition thereof as now is or

may hereafter be provided by law in case of

Vagrants, truant, disorderly, pauper or destitute