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tion to be known as Section 19A, to follow immediately after
Section 19 of said Article, and to read as follows:
19A. In any indictment or warrant for bigamy, it shall be
sufficient to use a form substantially to the following effect:
"That A-B on the............ day of............, 19...., in
the County (City) aforesaid, having a wife (or husband as
the case may be) then living, feloniously married C-B, in
violation of Article 27, Section 19, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland; contrary to the form of the Act of Assembly in such
cases made and provided, and against the peace, government
and dig: pity of the State. "
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.
Approved February 9, 1945.
CHAPTER 89.
(Senate Bill 107)
AN ACT to add a new section to Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Crimes and Pun-
ishments", sub-title "Rogues and Vagabonds", said new
section to be known as Section 559A and to follow immedi-
ately after Section 559 of said Article, providing for a
short form of indictment, information or warrant for the
crime of rogues and vagabonds.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Rogues and Vagabonds",
said new section to be known as Section 559A, to follow
immediately after Section 559 of said Article, and to read
as follows:
559A. In any indictment, information or warrant for
rogues and vagabonds as defined in Section 559 of Article 27
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), it shall be
sufficient to use a formula substantially to the following effect:
"That A-B on the.......... day of............ 19...., in the
County (City) aforesaid, was a rogue and vagabond in viola-
tion of Article 27, Section 559, of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land; contrary to the form of the Act of Assembly in such
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