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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 26
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term "person". See § 1-101 of this article.
Also in subsection (a) of this section, the reference to violating "this
subtitle" is substituted for the former references to violating "this section
[former Art. 27, § 2581" although this subtitle is derived in part from
material outside former § 258. Specifically, the remaining provisions are
derived from former Art. 27, § 248A, revised as §§ 13-907 and 13-908 of
this subtitle, which governed bingo conducted in Carroll County by certain
charitable and similar organizations, and from § 255(a)(6) and (b), which
generally covered gaming events in the State. Because former § 255(b),
revised as Subtitle 2 of this title, applied in Carroll County, and in
particular because former § 255(b)(4) provided that "any bazaar, carnival,
raffle, or game of bingo" in Carroll County was subject to former § 258
(emphasis added), the penalties of this section apply to a violation of §§
13-907 and 13-908. Thus, no substantive change results.
In subsection (b) of this section, the reference to being "guilty of a
misdemeanor" is added to state expressly that which was only implied in
the former law. In this State, any crime that was not a felony at common
law and has not been declared a felony by statute, is considered to be a
misdemeanor. See State v. Canova, 278 Md. 483, 490 (1976); Bowser v.
State, 136 Md. 342, 345 (1920); Dutton v. State, 123 Md. 373, 378 (1914);
and Williams v. State, 4 Md. App. 342, 347 (1968).
Also in subsection (b) of this section, the former phrase "in the discretion of
the court" is deleted as implicit in the establishment of maximum
penalties.
Defined terms: "Gaming event" § 13-901
"Person" § 1-101
SUBTITLE 10. CECIL COUNTY.
13-1001. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language used as the standard
introductory language to a definition section.
(B) BINGO.
"BINGO" INCLUDES INSTANT BINGO.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 27, § 261(a).
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(C) GAMING EVENT.
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