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Ch. 212
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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from or deny to any person because of his race, creed,
color or national origin any accommodations, advantages,
facilities or privileges of any place or places whose
facilities, accommodations, services, commodities or use
are offered to or enjoyed by the general public, either
with or without charge.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
Approved April 29, 1977.
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CHAPTER 213
(Senate Bill 824)
AN ACT concerning
Desertion of Wife
FOR the purpose of removing the criminal prohibition
against desertion of one's wife.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
Section 88(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 88(a) of Article 27 - Crimes and
Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1976
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
88.
(a) Any person who [shall] without just cause
[desert or] wilfully [neglect] NEGLECTS to provide for
the support and maintenance of his wife [shall be deemed]
IS guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any
court of the State having criminal jurisdiction shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding [one hundred dollars]
$100, or imprisonment [in the Maryland House of
Correction, or in jail,] for not more than three years,
or both, in the discretion of the court. Any person
charged with a violation of this section may be
prosecuted in the jurisdiction where he or his wife
resides. The fine may be directed by the court to be
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