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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 171.

AN ACT to prevent the employment of fe-
males as sitters in variety entertainment or
concert halls, in this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That it shall be unlaw-
ful for any proprietor, lessee or manager of
any variety entertainment or concert hall,
after the passage of this act, (whether an ad-
mittance fee is charged or not), to employ, en-
gage or allow any female sitters (or by what-
ever other name they may be called) in or

Female sitters.

about said entertainment or concert hall, build-
ing, room or premises; and all females who
are allowed in or about the said premises who
shall drink, smoke or partake of any kind of
eatables or refreshments at the expense of
others, or solicit others to purchase such
things as may be purchased there, upon which
they shall receive or expect to receive a com-
mission, or who may be paid a regular salary
therefor, or who participate in any way in the
profits thereof, shall be deemed sitters under
this act.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person
convicted of a violation of this act, shall be
fined not less than two hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars, or be con-

Penalty.

fined in Jail or the House of Correction for a
period of not less than two months nor more
than twelve months, or be both fined and
imprisoned, in the discretion of the Court,
for each offence, and every female sitter em-
ployed, engaged or allowed in and about said
premises shall be considered a separate offence
under this act.

Approved April 1, 1886.