1138 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 549

hands of the President and Secretary of said Board, and
under its seal, and upon the receipt of both of said resolu-
tions, and not before, the Secretary of State shall issue a
certificate that such resolutions of acceptance have been
duly filed with him, and such certificate shall be evidence
that the acceptance provided for in this Act have been duly
given.

Approved April 25, 1935.

CHAPTER 549.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
869 of Article 4 of the Public Local Laws of the City
of Baltimore providing for the fine or sentence by the
Criminal Court of Baltimore and the several station
house justices of persons violating the law regarding
vagrancy, paupers, beggars and disorderly conduct.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 869 of Article 4 of the Public Local
Laws of the City of Baltimore, be, and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

869. The said court or said justice before whom any
person so charged may be brought, upon proof that such
person has violated any of the provisions of the above Sec-
tions 865 or 866, shall in his discretion, fine such person
not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars or sentence
such person to be confined in jail or in the house of cor-
rection or in such other suitable place as may hereafter be
provided by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for
a period not exceeding one year; provided that in the case
of any person found to be a pauper or a habitual beggar
who may not be able-bodied, but aged, or seriously crippled
or infirm, the said court or justice shall request the Depart-
ment of Public Welfare to provide proper care; and pro-
vided further that any minor convicted under the provisions
of the above Sections 865 or 866 may be sent to any refor-
matory institution to which minors may be committed under
Article 27 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on June 1, 1935.

Approved May 17, 1935.