1714                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 779

to the public and to engage in any conduct prohibited under this
law; or to collect, gather, congregate or be a member of a group
or a crowd of people who are gathered together in any public place
or place open to the public engaging in any conduct prohibited under
this law.

(b)    "Public place" means any public street, road, or highway,
alley, lane, sidewalk, crosswalk, or other public way, or any public
resort, place of amusement, park, playground, public building or
grounds appurtenant thereto, school building or school grounds, public
parking lot, or any vacant lot.

(c)    "Place open to the public" means any place open to the public
or any place to which the public is invited, and in, on, or around
any privately owned place of business, private parking lot, or private
institution, including places of worship, cemetery, or any place of
amusement and entertainment whether or not a charge of admission
or entry thereto is made, and including the elevator, lobby, halls,
corridors and areas open to the public of any store, office, or apart-
ment building.

20A-2.

(a)    It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter at, on or in a
public place or place open to the public so as:

(1)    To interfere, impede or hinder the free passage of pedestrian
or vehicular traffic; or

(2)    To interfere with, obstruct, harass, curse, or threaten or
do physical harm to another member or members of the public; or

(3)    To cause, by words, acts or other conduct, a reasonable likeli-
hood of a breach of the peace or disorderly conduct.

(b)    It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter as defined in
Section 20A-1 at a public place or place open to the public and to
fail to obey the direction of a uniformed police officer or the direc-
tion of a properly identified police officer not in uniform to move
on, when not to obey the direction shall endanger the public peace.

It shall be unlawful for any person at a public place or place open

to the public to refuse to identify himself by name and address at

the request of a uniformed police officer or of a properly identified

police officer not in uniform, if the surrounding circumstances are

such as to indicate to a reasonable man that the public safety

requires this identification.

20A-4 20A-3.

Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit orderly picketing
or other lawful assembly.

20A-5 20A-4.

Any person violating any of the provisions herein shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be sub-

20A-3.