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Unlawful to
gamble.
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ciation of persons, or for any corporation, to let, wager or
gamble, in any manner or by any means ; or to make, sell or
buy books or pools, or any interest therein, within the limits of
Anne Arundel county, on the result of any trotting, pacing or
running race of horses or other beasts, or race, or contest of
any kind, trotted, run or paced, or held within or without the
limits of Anne Arundel county, or to establish, keep, rent,
use or occupy, or knowingly suffer to be established,
kept, rented, used or occupied, any house, building, vessels,
grounds, or place, or portion of any house, building, vessel,
grounds, or place on land or water, within the limits of
Anne Arundel county, for the purpose of betting, wagering or
gambling in any manner or by any means ; or for the purpose
of making, selling or buying books or pools thereinor thereon,
upon the result of any such race or contest aforesaid ; or with-
in the limits of Anne Arundel county by any means or devices
whatsoever, to receive, become the depository of, record or
register, or forward or purport, or pretend to forward any
money, bet, wager, thing or consideration of value to be bet
gambled or wagered, in any manner or by any means or
devices whatsoever, upon the result of any such race or con-
test aforesaid ; or to aid, assist or abet, in any manner or by
any means whatsoever, within the limits of Anne Arundel
county, in any of the acts forbidden by any of the provisions
of this section ; any and every person or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine of not less than two hundred dollars and not more
than tive hundred dollars for each and every such offense, one
half thereof to go to the informer and the other half thereof
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