362 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 240

said new sections to be known as Sections 282A and 282B,
and to follow immediately after Section 282 of said Article,
prohibiting the solicitation of marriages and the loitering
in or about public buildings and upon public pavements,
streets and highways for the purpose of soliciting mar-
riages.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That two new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Cecil County", to be under a new
sub-title "Marriages", said new sections to be known as Sec-
tions 282A and 282B, and to follow immediately after Section
282 of said Article and to read as follows:

MARRIAGES.

282A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
solicit any person or persons contemplating matrimony, in,
upon, or about any public buildings, street, or highway of
Cecil County, for the purpose of either performing the mar-
riage ceremony himself or of bringing, taking, or directing
said person or persons contemplating matrimony to another
person for the purpose of performing said marriage ceremony.

282B. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
loiter in, upon, or about any public building or on any street,
pavement, or highway in said County for the purpose of
soliciting to perform the marriage ceremony of any person
or persons contemplating matrimony, or for the purpose of
soliciting to bring, take or direct said person or persons
contemplating matrimony to another person or persons for
the performance of said ceremony of matrimony. Any person
or persons violating the provisions of this sub-title shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each
offense, or not more than six (6) months in jail, or both.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 29, 1947.

CHAPTER 240.
(House Bill 255)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
40 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943