2494

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 849

inn, boardinghouse or hospital or sanitarium, or the
representative or agent of such proprietor or manager, shall
be treated as presumptive evidence that such departure or
removal was fraudulent. Nothing in this section shall
apply to or affect the prosecution of any offense which may
have been committed prior to June 1, 1939, or the punishment
provided for such offense. ]

[162A.

(a)    In Charles County, every recipient of service,
food or accommodation from a hotel, motel, inn or lodging
house is liable to pay for it within 72 hours of
presentation of the bill. Written notice of this liability
shall be provided upon registration. Nonpayment within the
period prescribed is a cause for ejectment.

(b)    Any person who willfully obtains any service,
food or accommodation from a hotel, motel, inn or lodging
house in Charles County with intent to defraud the owner or
proprietor thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $100 or
imprisonment for not less than one month and not more than
three months, or both- Proof that any person, after receipt
of the aforesaid notice, absconded or departed the premises
without tendering the proper payment, without the knowledge
and permission of the owner or proprietor of the premises,
or his duly authorized agent, and proof that any person,
after receipt of the aforesaid notice and presentation of a
proper bill, failed to tender payment for the same without
just cause, within the aforesaid prescribed period, shall be
presumptive evidence of intent to defraud.]

[Fraud - Upon Telephone Companies and Other Parties]

[194A.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
obtain any telephone services, whether local or long
distance, or both, from any telephone company, or any firm
or private person with intent to cheat or defraud such
telephone company, other firm or private person, by
installing, rearranging, or tampering with any facilities or
equipment, or by any trick, stratagem, impersonation,
pretension, falsification of fact, or contrivance, or by any
other device or means whatsoever. Any person or persons
found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned not exceeding six
months or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both,
in the discretion of the court.]

[Fraud - Upon Cable Television Companies]

[194B.

It is unlawful for any person or persons to obtain any
cable television services from any cable television company,