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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Fines
imposed
upon House
of ill-fame.

306. The sheriff of Baltimore city shall, on or before the
first day of December in each year, divide equally all fines
imposed by the Criminal Court of Baltimore city on persons
convicted for keeping houses of ill-fame, among such incor-
porated dispensaries of said city as shall comply with the pro-
visions of the succeeding section.

Conditions
upon which
such fines
are, to be
paid to dis-
pensaries.

307. Such fines shall be divided equally among those incor-
porated dispensaries which shall, within ten days after the
tenth day of November in each year, file in the office of the
sheriff of Baltimore city separate reports, the truth of each of
which shall be sworn to by one of the officers of the dispensary
filing the same, before any officer of the State of Maryland
authorized by law to administer oaths, showing that in the year
preceding such tenth day of November, the said dispensary
had under its charge more than two thousand separate persons
as patients, and that its said dispensary was open for the treat-
ment of disease two hours daily, and for the free distribution
of medicine to the poor six hours daily on each week day and
two continuous hours on each Sunday in said year.

When fines to
be paid to
city.

308. In case said fines shall not be claimed by any such dis-
pensary in the manner specified in the two preceding sections,
then said tines shall be paid by the sheriff to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore.

Sheriffs bond
liable for
default.

309. The said sheriff's official bond shall be responsible for
the faithful payment of said money as hereinbefore provided,
and shall be liable for any default in any duty herein required
to be performed by him.

Repeal.
Proviso.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed ;
provided, however, that nothing in this act contained shall be
construed to affect the practice in prosecutions for keeping
bawdy houses or houses of ill-fame.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be It enacted, That this act shall take effect on
the first day of January, 1895.

Approved April 6th, 1894.