152 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 83

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That all suits, indict-
ments or ether proceedings affecting any person or property,
resident or situate, or relating to any crime or offense commit-
ted in any portion of the territory annexed by this Act to Bal-
timore City, which may have been instituted and may be pend-
ing at the time of the passage of this Act, shall be proceeded
with in the same manner as if this Act had not been passed.
Any and every person holding any State or County office in
Baltimore County or Anne Arundel County and who may be a
resident within the territory annexed by this Act to Balti-
more City at the time of the passage of this Act, shall con-
tinue to hold such office until the termination of his then
pending term as if this Act had not been passed.

Approved March 29th, 1918.

CHAPTER 83.

AN ACT to make it unlawful to transport or to offer to trans-
port, or to aid or to assist in transporting any person or
persons upon, or over any public highway or waters of the
State for purposes of prostitution or any other immoral or
lewd purpose.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall be unlawful for any person to transport or
to offer to transport, or to aid or assist in transporting any
person or persons upon or over any public street, road, high-
way, river, stream, bay, or other public way of any nature
whatever within the State of Maryland by means of a horse
vehicle, automobile, boat, vessel, or other means of transporta-
tion used or employed for hire, for purposes of prostitution or
any other immoral or lewd purpose. This Act shall only apply
to public conveyances for hire.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any person con-
victed of a violation of this Act shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding $500. 00 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year,
or by both fine and imprisonment within such limits.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That upon conviction
under this Act the person so convicted shall forfeit his license
to drive or operate such automobile or other vehicle within the
State of Maryland for such period of time as the Court impos-
ing the sentence shall direct.