412 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

392. Every owner, driver or possessor, or person having
charge or custody of a maimed, disabled or diseased horse,
mule or other animal, who shall cruelly work the same when
unfit for work, or cruelly abandon the same, shall be punished
in the same manner as provided in section 391.

393. It shall be the duty of any Justice of the Peace in
the City of Baltimore, or the judge of any court therein, or in
any county in this State, before whom is brought for trial any
person charged with the violation of any of the provisions of
this sub-division of this Article, to admit the president of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or the coun-
sel of said society, to aid any State's Attorney in the prosecu-
tion of such person.

394. Any person who shall keep or use any bull, bear or
dog, for the purpose of fighting or baiting the same, or as a
target to be shot at, either for amusement or as a test of skill
in marksmanship, or who shall be a party to or be present as a
spectator at any such fighting, baiting or shooting of any bear,
bull or dog, or any person who shall rent any room, shed,
ground or premises for the purpose of fighting, baiting or
shooting any animal, as aforesaid, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished
by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned in the
jail of the City of Baltimore, or in the county jail of the county
in which the offense may have been committed, for not less
than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or be both fined
and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court before whom
such person may be tried and convicted.

DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND.

395. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, on the application of any parent, guardian or
next friend (provided such parent, guardian or next friend has
been a bona fide citizen of this State for at least two years
previous to such application) of any deaf and dumb person of
teachable age and capacity, not exceeding the age of twenty-
one years, to inquire into the age and capacity of said deaf