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or remove his baggage therefrom without discharging the debts
as aforesaid incurred, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for a term
of not less than one month nor more than six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.
And in determination of any question arising under this sec-
tion the fact that any such person so obtaining food, accommo-
dation or credit, upon request or demand for payment of any
amount then due therefor failed or neglected to comply with
such demand shall be treated as presumptive evidence that
such failure or neglect to make such payment was fraudulent
and similarly the fact that the departure of any such person
or removal of his baggage without first paying or discharg-
ing his debt as aforesaid was without the knowledge or con-
sent of the proprietor or manager of such hotel, inn, board-
ing house, hospital or sanitarium, or the representative or
agent of such proprietor or manager, shall be treated as pre-
sumptive evidence that such departure or removal was fraud-
ulent. Nothing in this Section shall apply to or affect the
prosecution of any offense which may have been committed
prior to the passage of this Section, or the punishment pro-
vided for such offense.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on the first day of June, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 448.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 52 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Pub-
lic Education", sub-title "Schools", as said section was
amended by Chapter 239 of the Acts of 1922, providing
for a holiday in the schools on general election days.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 52 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title ''Public Education", sub-title "Schools", as
said section was amended by Chapter 239 of the Acts of 1922,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
to read as follows:

52. The school year shall be divided into four terms, which
shall be designated fall term, winter term, spring term, and