J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     797

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 484
(House Bill 924)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 121 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
and subtitle "Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Disturbance
of the Public Peace," increasing the maximum fine for disturbing
the peace and providing for imprisonment as an additional or
substitute penalty, in the discretion of the court.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 121 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title and subtitle "Crimes and Punishments," sub-
heading "Disturbance of the Public Peace," be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

121.

Any person who shall wilfully obstruct or hinder the free passage
of persons passing along or by any public street or highway in any
city, town or county of this State, or who shall wilfully disturb any
neighborhood in such city, town or county by loud and unseemly
noises, or shall profanely curse and swear or use obscene language
upon or near to any such street or highway within the hearing of
persons passing by or along such highway, or shall wilfully hinder
or obstruct the free passage of persons passing on or through or out
of the station grounds of any railroad in the State, or who shall
wilfully act in a disorderly manner within such station grounds by
making such loud and unseemly noises, or by catching hold of and
soliciting persons on said grounds against the will of such person,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine of not less
than one dollar and not more than [twenty-five] one hundred dollars
or shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than thirty days,
or shall be subject to both such fine and imprisonment, in the discre-
tion of the court and [to the] shall pay costs of the prosecution, and
the several justices of the peace of this State shall have concurrent
jurisdiction within the courts of this State having criminal jurisdic-
tion over the offenses described in this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 485
(House Bill 935)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 31 of
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and