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345G, said sections defining the crime of Pandering, prohibit-
ing the same and providing for the punishment thereof.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following seven sections be added to Article 27
of the Code of Public General Laws, Code of 1904, relating to
crimes and punishments, to be inserted after Section 345 of
said Article, under the new subtitle "Pandering," and to be
known as Sections 345A, 345B, 345c, 345D, 345E, 345F and 345G,
to wit:

SEC. 345A. Any person who takes, places, harbors, inveighs,
entices, persuades, encourages, either by threats or promise,
or by any device or scheme takes or places, or causes to be
taken or placed, any female into a house of ill-fame or of
assignation or elsewhere, against her will, for the purpose of
prostitution or illegal sexual intercourse, or takes or detains
a female unlawfully against her will, with the intent to compel
her by force, threats, persuasions, menace or duress, to marry
him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, or any
person who, being parent, guardian or having legal charge of
the charge of a female, consents to her taking or detention by
any person for the purpose of prostitution or illegal sexual
intercourse, is guilty of pandering, and upon conviction shall
be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than two
nor more than twelve years, and fined not more than five thou-
sand dollars, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 345B. Any person who shall place any female in the
charge or custody of any person or persons for immoral pur-
poses, or in a house of prostitution with the intent that she
shall live a life of prostitution, or any person who shall com-
pel any female to reside with him or with any other person
for immoral purposes, or for the purpose of prostitution, or
compel her to live a life of prostitution, is guilty of pander-
ing, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less
than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not less than one
or more than ten years.

SEC. 345c. Any person who shall receive any money or other
valuable thing for or on account of procuring for or placing
in a house of prostitution or elsewhere, any female for the
purpose of causing her to cohabit with any male person or
persons, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction there-
of shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than three
nor more than ten years.

SEC. 345D. Any person who, by force, fraud, intimidation or
threats, places or leaves, or procures any other person or per-
sons to place or leave his wife in a house of prostitution or to
lead a life of prostitution, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon