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admission is charged as an inducement for paying such admis-
sion, such person giving, bartering, furnishing or dispensing
such wine, ale, beer or liquor, or any such agent or officer so
doing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or
be imprisoned in jail or the House of Correction for not more
than one year, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion
of the court.

SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That all prosecutions pending at
the time of the passage of this Act, for any violations of any of
the provisions of the Act of 1890, chapter 334, or any of the
amendments thereto, and all violations of the provisions of
said Act and its amendments that shall have occurred before
the passage of this Act, shall be prosecuted to conviction and
punishment to the same extent as if this Act had not been
passed.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts in-
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1908.

CHAPTER 97.

AN ACT to require any person, club, association or corporation
desiring to hold any public entertainment, picnic or other
gathering of any kind whatsoever, to which a price of admis-
sion is charged, or collection taken up for the purpose of
defraying the expenses thereof in the first, third, ninth,
twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth election dis-
tricts of Baltimore county to first obtain a permit in writing
from the marshal of police of said county, or the County
Commissioners of Baltimore county, to hold said entertain-
ment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That any person, club, association or corporation desiring
to hold any public entertainment, picnic or gathering to which
a price of admission is charged or collection taken up for the
purpose of defraying the expense thereof in the first, third,
ninth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth election
districts of Baltimore county, shall first obtain a permit in
writing from the marshal of police of Baltimore county or the
County Commissioners of Baltimore county, to hold such
entertainment.