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and imprisoned in the discretion of the Court. Habitual
offenders may be fined not more than One Hundred Dollars
or committed to jail or the Maryland House of Correction
for not more than six months. An habitual offender is a per-
son who shall have been convicted under the provisions of
this section five (5) times in the preceding twelve (12)
months. The Trial Magistrates of the respective counties of
this State shall have concurrent jurisdiction over such offense
with the Circuit Court for their respective counties; and
Police Magistrates selected to sit at the respective station
houses in the City of Baltimore shall have concurrent juris-
diction over such offense with the Criminal Court of Balti-
more City.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 4, 1949.

CHAPTER 7
(House Bill 9)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
631 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-title "Juris-
diction, Procedure and Sentence, " sub-heading "Jurisdic-
tion, " relating to jurisdiction where offenses are committed
on motor buses, airplane or other means of inter-city or
inter-state public transportation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 631 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments, " sub-title "Jurisdiction, Procedure and Sentence, "
sub-heading "Jurisdiction, " be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

631. Any person who may commit any indictable offense
on a steamboat, railroad train, motor bus, airplane or other
means of inter-city or inter-state public transportation within
the State of Maryland may be presented, indicted, tried and
convicted in any county or city from, to or through which the
said boat, train, motor bus, airplane or other means of inter-
city or inter-state public transportation may run, and on