J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                                971

respective station houses in the City of Baltimore shall have con-
current jurisdiction over such offense with the Criminal Court of
Baltimore City],

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title, "Crimes and Punishments",
Section 140, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

§ 140. Obtaining money, etc., under false pretenses with intent to
defraud.

Any person who shall by any false pretense obtain from any other
person any chattel, money or valuable security, with intent to de-
fraud any person of the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court,
to be punished by fine and imprisonment, or by confinement in the
penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than ten years,
as the court shall award; provided always, that if upon the trial of
any person indicted for such misdemeanor it shall be provided that
he obtained the property in question in any such manner as to amount
in law to larceny or robbery, he shall not by reason thereof be en-
titled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor; and no person tried upon
such misdemeanor shall be afterwards liable to be prosecuted for
larceny or robbery upon the same facts; and provided also, that a
mere promise for future payment, though not intended to be per-
formed, shall not be sufficient to authorize a conviction under this
section. In Wicomico County where the amount of money or the
value of the thing received does not exceed three hundred dollars
($300.00), the People's Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with
the Circuit Court to try persons charged with violating this section
and §§ 142 and 144 of this article, provided that persons so convicted
in the People's Court shall not be sentenced to the penitentiary by
that court. In Baltimore City where the amount of money or the
value of the thing received does not exceed One Hundred Dollars
($100.00), the Municipal Court of Baltimore City shall have juris-
diction to try persons charged with violating this section, provided
that persons so convicted in the Municipal Court shall not be
sentenced to the penitentiary by that court.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That Article 27 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title, "Crimes and Punish-
ments", Section 142, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

§ 142. Obtaining money, etc., by bad check.

Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud another, shall
obtain money, credit, goods, release from any debt or obligation for
materials or labor in the construction or repair of any building or
buildings, wares or anything of value, of the value of one hundred
dollars or more, by means of a check, draft or any other negotiable
instrument of any kind drawn, whether by such person or by any
other person, persons, firm or corporation, upon any bank, person,
firm, or corporation, not indebted to drawer,, or where the drawer
or drawers thereof, shall not have provided for the payment or
acceptance, and the same be not paid upon presentation, shall be
deemed to have obtained such money, credit, goods, release,