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LAWS OP MARYLAND.

Chapter 119.

AN ACT to pay the claim of William Knabe &

Company due by the State,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the

State be and he is hereby directed to draw his war-

Directed to

rant upon the State Treasurer, in favor of William

draw warrant.

Knabe & Company, of Baltimore, for the sum of

two thousand and eighteen dollars, for the payment

in full for three musical instruments furnished for

use in the State Normal School.

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

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1S82.

Chapter 120

AN ACT to inflict Corporal Punishment upon Per-

sons found guilty of Wife-beating.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That article thirty of the Code

of Public General Laws of tins State, title " Crimes

Additional
section.

and Punishments," be and the same is hereby

amended by adding thereto the following additional

section, under the sub-title of " Wife-beating."

SECTION .... Any person who shall hereafter bru-

tally assault and beat his wife, shall be deemed guilty

of a misdemeanor, and upon presentment and con-

Wife beating a
misdemeanor.

viction thereof by any court of competent jurisdic-
tion, shall be sentenced to be whipped not exceed-

ing forty lashes, or imprisoned for a term not

exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the

court.

SEC. .... And be it enacted, That if any court

shall order or direct the punishment as aforesaid by

Whipping —

whipping, that the same shall be administered by

whom admin-
istered by.

the sheriff of the county or city of Baltimore, where

the judgment shall be rendered, and said sheriff

shall administer the same within the walls of the

jail of his county or the city of Baltimore.

Approved March 30. 1882.