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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is and
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety.

Approved March 22nd, 1918.

CHAPTER 84.

AN ACT to add eight new Sections to Article XVI of the Code
of Public General Laws, title "Chancery, " to be known as
Sections 136-A, 136-B, 136-C, 136-D, 136-E, 136-F, 136-G,
136-H, and come in after Section 136 thereof under the sub-
title "Nuisances by Maintenance of Places of Lewdness,
Abatement Thereof and Injunctions Against the Same. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That eight new sections be added to Article XVI of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Chan-
cery, " and to be known as Sections 136-A, 136-B,, 136-C, 136-D,
136-E, 136-F, 136-G, 136-H, and come in after Section 136
thereof under the sub-title "Nuisances by Maintenance of
Peaces of Lewdness, Abatement Thereof and Injunctions
Against the Same, " and to read as follows:

136-A. Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain,
use, own or rent any building, erection, or place used for pur-
poses of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution in the State of
Maryland, is guilty of a nuisance, and the building, erection,
or place, and the ground itself in or upon which such lewdness,
assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted or carried
on, continued, or exists, and the furniture, fixtures, musical in-
struments, and other contents thereof are also declared a nuis-
ance, and may be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.

136-B. Whenever a nuisance is kept, maintained, or exists
such as is defined in this Act, the State's Attorney of any
County or of Baltimore City, or the Attorney-General of the
State of Maryland, or any citizen of the State of Maryland,
may maintain an action in equity in the name of the State of
Maryland, upon the relation of such State's Attorney, of the
Attorney-General of the State of Maryland, or of such citizen,
to abate and perpetually enjoin said nuisance, and the person
or persons conducting or maintaining the same, and the owner
or agent of the building or ground upon which said nuisance
exists from continuing the same. In such action the Court