HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 143

among the Land Records of Baltimore City in Liber M. L. P.
No. 6184, folio 476.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved March 23, 1943.

CHAPTER 149.
(House Bill 10)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 131
of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Drunk-
enness and Disorderly Conduct77, relating to penalties for
violations of the law and providing additional penalties to
habitual offenders.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 131 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-
title "Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

131. Every person who shall be found drunk, or acting in a
disorderly manner, to the disturbance of the public peace, upon
any public street or highway, in any city, town or county, in
this State, or at any place of public worship or public resort or
amusement in any city, town or county of this State, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be subject to a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or be
confined in jail for a period of not more than sixty days or
be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the Court.
Habitual offenders may be fined not more than one hundred
dollars or committed to jail for not more than six months.
An habitual offender is a person who shall have been con-
victed under the provisions of this section five (5) times in
the preceding twelve (12) months. The Trial Magistrates o[:
the respective counties of this State shall have concurrent
jurisdiction over such offense with the Circuit Court f or their