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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ever, shall lease, hire, rent or permit the same,
or any part thereof, to be used and occupied or
employed for the purpose of smoking opium,

Misdemeanor.

or of using opium in any way or manner by
other persons, the persons so offending in
either of the enumerated cases, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be sen-
tenced to pay a fine not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, and undergo imprisonment in
jail not exceeding one year; the owner of such
building, house, room, out-house, tent, booth,
arbor, shed, vessel or other place whatsoever,
who shall have received information that any
such smoking, or use as aforesaid, is practiced
in or upon said premises, and shall not, within

Information.

ten days thereafter, cause complaint to be
made against the person or persons who has
or have set up or established, or permitted the
same, shall be deemed and held to have know-
ingly leased, hired or rented the premises for
the said unlawful purposes.

SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That if any
person shall keep or exhibit any apparatus, de-
vice or instrument for the smoking of opium,

Misdemeanor.

or of using opium in any way or manner by
other persons, or aid or assist, or permit others
to do the same, such persons shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to an imprisonment in jail not ex-
ceeding one year, and to a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any person
shall, through solicitation, invitation or device,
persuade or prevail on any person to visit any
place mentioned in the first and second sec-
tions of this act, kept for the purpose of smok-

Enticing others.

ing opium, or of using opium in any way or
manner, such persons shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, and undergo imprisonment
in jail not exceeding one year.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That when-
ever any officer of police, or police officer, any