SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       971

CHAPTER 400
(Senate Bill 317)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 156 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Fire—False Alarm,"
providing certain additional INCREASED penalties in situations

where any person receives serious bodily injury or suffers death

as the result of the giving of false alarm of fire.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 156 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Fire
—False Alarm," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

156.

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to give or cause to
be given any false alarm of fire by means of the telegraph box
connected with any fire alarm telegraph or by means of telephone or
telegraph system, or by any other means or method. Any person
violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of
not less than five FIFTY dollars, nor more than five hundred TWO
THOUSAND dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding twelve
TWENTY-FOUR months, or to both fine and imprisonment [.] ;

provided, however, that where as a result of the false alarm any

person receives serious bodily injury or suffers death the punishment
imposed shall be not less than ninety days nor more than two years
imprisonment and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1967.

Approved April 21, 1967.

CHAPTER 401
(Senate Bill 671)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 591 of
the Charter and Public Local Laws of Baltimore City (1949
Edition, being Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Baltimore City", subtitle "Police Department of
Baltimore City", subheading "Special Fund", to permit the retire-
ment of certain members of the Police Department of Baltimore
City either at the age of 60 years or after 30 years of service.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 591 of the Charter and Public Local Laws of Baltimore
City (1949 Edition, being Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "Baltimore City", subtitle "Police Department of
Baltimore City", subheading "Special Fund", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: