34                                                  LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 5

The error was noted by the Michie Company.

240.

It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, or
association of persons, or for any corporation within the State
of Maryland, to bet, [wage] WAGER, or gamble in any manner, or by
any means, or to make or sell a book or pool on the result of any
trotting, pacing or running race of horses or other beasts, or
race, contest or contingency of any kind, or to establish, keep,
rent, use or occupy or knowingly suffer to be used, kept or
rented or occupied, any house, building, vessel, grounds or
place, or portion of any house, building, vessel, grounds or
place, on land or water, within the State of Maryland, for the
purpose of betting, wagering or gambling in any manner, or by any
means, or making, selling or buying books or pools therein or
thereon upon the result of any race or contest or contingency, or
by any means or devices whatsoever, to receive, become the
depository of, record or register, or forward or purpose, or
argue or pretend to forward any money, bet, wager, thing or
consideration of value, to be bet, gambled or wagered in any
manner, or by any means or device whatsoever, upon the result of
any race, contest or contingency, and any person violating any of
the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a
fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars, one half of said fine to go to the informer,
and shall be subject to imprisonment in jail for not less than
six months nor more than one year, or be both fined and
imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects a misspelling in Article 27,
§ 240.

The misspelling occurred in Ch. 206 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1890.

The misspelling was noted by the Michie Company.

254.

(e) (4) A game of 50/50 may not be conducted by an
organization listed in subsection [(a)] (B) of this section at
other than a meeting of the organization.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects an outdated cross-reference
in Article 27, § 254(e)(4).

The cross-reference became outdated when § 254(a) was
renumbered § 254(b) in Ch. 554 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1984.

The outdated cross-reference was noted by the Office
of the Attorney General to the General Assembly.