ACT. 27. ] CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS., 85

eral Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Crimes and Pun-
ishments, " sub-title "Murder, " be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as fol-
lows:

SEC. 335. Every person convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, his or her aiders, abettors and counsellors shall suffer
death, or undergo a confinement in the penitentiary of the State
for the period of their natural life, in the discretion of the
court before whom such person may be tried.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be
construed so as in any manner to affect the prosecution of any
offense which may have been committed prior to the passage
of this Act, or the punishment provided for such offense.

Approved March 25, 1908.

CHAPTER 617.

AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 27, Code of
Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-
title "Passengers, White and Colored—transportation by
railroad companies, by steamboat companies, " to be known as
Section 356, and requiring steamboat companies to provide
separate toilet, or retiring rooms, and separate sleeping
quarters for white and colored passengers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That an additional section be added to Article 27, Code
of Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-
title "Passengers, White and Colored—transportation by rail-
road companies, by steamboat companies, " to be known as
Section 356, and to read as follows:

SEC. 356. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corpo-
ration owning and operating steamboats on the Chesapeake
Bay, between the city of Baltimore and points on said bay or
its tributaries, to provide separate toilet or retiring rooms, and
separate sleeping cabins on their respective steamboats, on or
before the first day of July, in the year nineteen hundred and
eight, for white and colored passengers, under a penalty of a
fine of fifty dollars for each and every day said steamboats may
be operated upon the waters aforesaid in violation of this sec-
tion, and the provisions of the four preceding sections shall
apply in the assigning of passengers to the use of the toilet, or
retiring rooms, and the sleeping quarters set apart for the re-
spective white and colored passengers.