LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the name of the
said body corporate be changed from the "Union League of
Baltimore City " to the "Union League of Maryland."
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the members of
the said Union League of Maryland be and they are hereby

Name
changed.

empowered to elect such number of trustees, managers, direc-
tors or governors for the management of the property and
concerns of said corporation, and in such manner and at such
times and for such term or terms of office as the said league
by its by-laws does now or shall hereafter prescribe.

Election of
officers.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 14, 1898.

CHAPTER 64.
AN ACT to add additional sections to Article 7 of the Code
of Public Local Laws, title "Carroll County," to come in
after Section 256, and to be known as Sections 257 and 258
of said Article seven, and to be designated as sub-title
"Gambling."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Effective.

land, That the following sections be added to Article seven of
the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Carroll County," to
come in after section 256, and to be known as sections 257 and
258 of said Article seven, and to be designated as sub-title
"Gambling."
257. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to play
with cards or any other or different devices, any game or

New section
added.

games of chance for money or other thing of value, upon or
near to or in sight of any street, lane, alley, road, highway,
path, footway or other public or private way, or upon any
land, or in any house adjacent thereto, within the limits of
said Corroll county ; and any person violating the provisions
of this section shall, on conviction in the Circuit Court for

Unlawful to
gamble.

said county after indictment, be fined a sum not exceeding
fifty dollars or imprisoned in the jail of the county or the
House of Correction, in the discretion of said court, for a term
not exceeding six months, or both fined and imprisoned, as
said court may determine.

Penalty.

258. Nothing in the aforegoing section shall be held to be a
repeal in any respect of the general law prohibiting gambling ;
but the said aforegoing section shall be construed as supple-

Construction.