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Thereafter, each such Judge shall be elected by the legal and qualified
voters of Baltimore City at the election to be held on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday of November 1970. The Judges, when
appointed or elected, are subject to all the provisions of the Con-
stitution and laws relating to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
and the several Judges thereof.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 695
(House Bill 592)

AN ACT to add new Section 6-123 to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Anne Arundel County (1967 Edition, being Article 2 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Anne Arundel
County," subtitle "Crimes and Misdemeanors," subheading "Gen-
erally," to follow immediately after Section 122 thereof, to prohibit
the possession or use in Anne Arundel County of the plant com-
monly called "Jimson Weed" for the purpose of obtaining an
intoxicating, hallucinatory or poisonous effect from the plant EX-
CEPT FOR LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSES, and provid-
ing penalties for violations.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 6-123 be and it is hereby added to the Code of
Public Local Laws of Anne Arundel County (1967 Edition, being
Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Anne
Arundel County," subtitle "Crimes and Misdemeanors," subheading
"Generally," to follow immediately after Section 122 thereof, to read
as follows:

6-123.

It is unlawful to possess or use in the county any part of the plant
known as datura stramonium, also known as "jimson weed" for the
purpose of obtaining an intoxicating, hallucinatory or poisonous effect
from the plant EXCEPT FOR LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PUR-
POSES. Consumption EXCEPT FOR SUCH LEGITIMATE MEDI-
CAL PURPOSES, CONSUMPTION of any part of such plant shall be
proof CREATE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION of intention to
obtain an intoxicating, hallucinatory or poisonous effect. Any person
who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than
$250.00 or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both, in the
discretion of the court, and for the second, or subsequent offense,
shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than
two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.