1804

NOVEMBER, L A W S OF M A R Y L AND.

CHAP,

XCVI.

person or persons, he, she or they, shall enter into recognizance, with such security as the said jus-
tice shall approve, for his, her or their good behaviour for twelve months; and in case the said per-
son or persons cannot find security as aforesaid within three days after his, her or their appearance
before the justice as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the constable who served the said war-
rant to bring the party before any of the justices aforesaid, and upon his, her or their appearance,
they shall enter into a recognizance as aforesaid for their appearance at the next criminal court of
Baltimore county, and in case such person or persons cannot find security for their appearance as
aforesaid within twenty-four hours after his, her or their appearance last aforesaid before the jus-
tices aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the said constable who served the said warrant to bring
the party or parties before the justice aforesaid, who shall thereupon commit the said party or parties
to the alms-house of Baltimore county for any term not exceeding nine months; provided, that no-
thing herein contained shall be construed so as to make the constable liable for accidents or escapes.

What persons
are deemed va-
grants,, &c.

II. AND, to ascertain what persons shall be deemed vagrants, vagabonds and disorderly persons,
within the intention of this act, BE IT ENACTED, That every person who has no visible means of
maintenance from property or personal labour, and lives idle, without employment, and every person
who wanders about and begs in the streets from door to door, and any person who wanders about and
lodges in out-houses, market places, or in the open air, and cannot give a good account of the means
by which he, she or they, procure a livelihood, and every woman who is generally reputed a com-
mon prostitute, and every juggler or fortune-teller, or common gambler, shall be adjudged a vagrant,
vagabond, prostitute or disorderly person, within the meaning of this act.

Persons eon-
vi&ed may be
sentenced to la-
bour, &c.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case any person being convicted of being a vagrant, vaga-
bond, common prostitute or disorderly person, within the provisions of this act, it shall and may be
lawful for the court to sentence the person so convicted to hard labour in the alms-house for a space
of time not less than one week, nor more than two months.

Commence-,,
meat, &c»

IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this act shall commence and be in force from and after the first
day of April next, and shall continue for two years, and until the end of the next session of assem-
bly that shall happen thereafter,

CHAP. XCVII.

Passed Janua-
ry 10, 1805.

An ACT to change the name of Jeremiah Perry to Jeremiah Perry
Davis,

Preamble,

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of William Smith Davis
and Jeremiah Perry, of Baltimore county, that the said Jeremiah Perry is the only child of
the wife of the said William Smith Davis by a former husband, and that the said Jeremiah Perry is
desirous to change his name to Jeremiah Perry Davis, in consideration of which the said William
Smith Davis intends to leave him his estate, both real and personal; therefore,

Name of J.
Perry changed,
&c.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the name of the said Jeremiah Per-
ry is hereby changed to Jeremiah Perry Davis, and that name he shall hereafter bear and carry, and
shall by the same be known and distinguished to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

CHAP. XCVIII.

Passed Janua-
ry 19, 1805.

An ACT to authorise the levy court of Prince-George's county to
assess and levy on the assessable property of said county a sum of
money to build a bridge over the western branch, near the town
of Upper-Marlborough.

Preamble,

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of sundry inhabitants of
Prince-George's county, praying that a bridge may be built over the western branch, near
the town of Upper-Marlborough, in said county; and the said prayer appearing reasonable, therefore,

Justices to levy
money, &c.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the justices of the levy court of
Prince-George's county be and they are hereby authorised and required to levy on the assessable pro-
perty of said county a sum of money, not exceeding the sum of eight hundred dollars, for the pur-
pose of building a bridge over the western branch in said, county, near the town of Upper-Marlbo-
rough