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cealed Weapons," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

36.

(a) Every person who shall wear or carry any pistol, dirk knife,
bowie knife, switch-blade knife, sling shot, sand club, metal knuckles,
razor, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon of any kind, what-
soever (penknives without switch blade excepted) concealed upon
or about his person, and every person who shall wear or carry any
such weapon openly with the intent or purpose of injuring any per-
son in any unlawful manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned in jail, or the Maryland House of Correc-
tion for not more than two years; and in case of conviction, if it
shall appear from the evidence that such weapon was carried, con-
cealed as aforesaid or openly, with the deliberate purpose of injuring
the person or destroying the life of another, the court, or justice of
the peace, presiding in the case, shall impose the highest sentence
of imprisonment hereinbefore prescribed. In Cecil, Anne Arundel,
Talbot, Harford, Caroline, Prince George's, Montgomery County,
Worcester and Kent counties it shall also be unlawful and a misde-
meanor, punishable as above set forth, for any minor to carry any
dangerous or deadly weapon between one hour after sunset and one
hour before sunrise, whether concealed or not, except while on a
bona fide hunting trip, or except while engaged in or on the way to
or returning from a bona fide trap shoot, sport shooting event, or any
organized civic or military activity.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 497
(House Bill 652)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 142 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1962 Supplement),
title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "False Pretenses, Bad
Checks, etc.," providing that a check, draft or negotiable instru-
ment given to obtain services or in payment for services, comes
within purview of this section.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 142 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
(1962 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "False
Pretenses, Bad Checks, etc.," be and it is hereby repealed and re-en-
acted, with amendments, to read as follows:

142.

Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud another, shall
obtain money, credit, goods, services, release from any debt or obli-
gation for services, or for materials or labor in the construction or