586                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 181

[justice of the peace] or other judicial officer of this State, any mem-
ber of the General Assembly of Maryland or officer thereof, any officer
or any employee of the State, or of any county, municipality or
other political subdivision of the State, including members of the
police force of Baltimore City and the State Police or any member or
officer of any municipal corporation, or mayor or other executive
officer thereof in this State shall demand or receive any bribe, fee,
reward or testimonial for the purpose of influencing him in the per-
formance of his official duties, or for neglecting or failing to perform
the same, every such person so bribing or attempting to bribe any of
such officers or persons, and every such person so demanding or re-
ceiving any bribe, fee, reward, or testimonial shall be deemed guilty
of bribery, and on being convicted thereof shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or, in
the discretion of the court, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned in the
penitentiary of this State for not less than two nor more than twelve
years, or both fined and imprisoned, and shall also be forever dis-
franchised and disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit
in this State; and any person so bribing or attempting to bribe or so
demanding or receiving a bribe shall be a competent witness, and
compellable to testify against any person or persons who may have
committed any of the aforesaid offenses; provided, that any person so
compelled to testify in behalf of the State in any such case shall be
exempt from prosecution, trial and punishment for any such crime of
which such person so testifying may have been guilty or a participant
therein, and about which he was so compelled to testify.

§ 36. Carrying or wearing weapon.

(a) Carrying concealed or openly with intent to injure; carrying by
minors at night in certain counties.—Every person who shall wear or
carry any pistol, dirk knife, bowie knife, switchblade knife, sand-
club, metal knuckles, razor, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon
of any kind, whatsoever (penknives without switchblade 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 injur-
ing any person in any unlawful manner, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one
thousand (1,000.00) dollars or be imprisoned in jail, or sentenced to
the Maryland Department of Correction for not more than three
years; and in case of conviction, if it shall appear from the evidence
that such weapon was carried, concealed 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, Washington, Worcester and Kent counties it
shall also be unlawful and a misdemeanor, punishable as above set
forth, for any minor to carry any dangerous or deadly weapon be-
tween 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.

(c) Prosecutions.—All prosecutions for violations of the provisions
of this section may be either upon presentment and indictment or upon
information in any court having criminal jurisdiction in this State[,