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are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate annually
for " The Friendly Inn of Baltimore City," any sum or sums
of money not exceeding the sum of six thousand dollars per
annum.
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Appropria-
tion tor
"Friendly
Inn."
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 6th, 1894.
CHAPTER 402.
AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 27 of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punish-
ments," sub-title "Sentence," to be designated "Section
304 A."
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That an additional section, to be designated section ,
304 A, be and the same is hereby added to article 27 of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments,"
sub-title "Sentence," to follow section 304, and to read as
follows :
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New section.
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304 A. In any case in which a person is convicted, before
any court, of larceny or false pretenses, or any other offence,
not capital, and no previous conviction is proved against him,
if it appears to the court before whom he is so convicted that,
regard being had to the youth, character and antecedents of
the offender, to the nature of the offence, and to any extenuat-
ing circumstances under which the offence was committed, it
is expedient that the offender be released on probation of good
conduct, the court may, instead of sentencing him at once to
any punishment, direct that he be released on his entering into
a recognizance, with or without sureties; and during such
period as the court may direct, to appear and receive judgment
when called upon, and in the meantime to keep the peace and
be of good behavior; and the court may, if it thinks tit, direct
that the offender shall pay the costs of the prosecution, or
some portion of the same, within such period and in such
instalments as may be directed by the court; and at any time
within such period, but not afterwards, the court may, upon
being satisfied by information on oath that the offender has
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Courts may
release first
offenders
on proba-
tion.
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