402 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 20]

Government Until First Election.

Section 23. And be it further enacted, That until the first
election to be held under, the provisions of this Act, and until
their successors have been duly elected and qualified, the
Mayor and Councilmen holding office at the date of the going
into effect of this act, shall hold their respective offices unless
they, or any of them, shall become otherwise disqualified un-
der the provisions hereof; and the Town Clerk holding office
at the date of the going into effect of this act shall act as Town
Clerk and Treasurer until his successor has been duly ap-
pointed and qualified unless he shall become otherwise disqual-
ified hereunder; and all of said officers shall hold their respec-
tive places and perform their duties and be subject to all liabil-
ities in the same manner, and to the same extent as if they had
been duly elected under the provisions of this act.

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 201.

Ax ACT to forbid mendicancy, vagrancy and fortune telling in
Baltimore County and prescribing penalties and punish-
ment for the- same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That any Judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County or any Justice of the Peace of Baltimore County upon
information that any person in said county is a pauper, an
habitual beggar, a vagrant, a vagabond or disorderly person
shall issue a warrant or order to be directed to the Sheriff or
any Constable or Police Officer of said County commanding
him to bring the person against whom the information is given
before said Court or said Justice on the day to be named there-
in not more than one week from the date of the warrant to
answer to the said charge.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person who
has no visible means of maintenance from property or per-
sonal labor, or is not permanently supported by his or her
friends or relatives and lives idle, without employment, shall
be deemed a pauper; and every person who habitually wanders
about, and begs in the streets, or from house to house, or sits,
stands or takes a position in any place and begs from passers-