American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1844-12-30
MAYORS OFFICE,

ANNAPOLIS, December 10, l54i.
~ Office. BY direction of tue Corporation of
lN Annapolis the following act Of assembly is pub
| lished for the guidance of all whom il may concern
CITY oihcers will be vgant in seeking, aud prompt in
giving information of any violation of said act; The
corporation are determined, as far as lies in their
power, TO repress, within the limits OF city, the
inquous practice, to which the SAID actof Assembly
| refers II. SWAMI, Mayor.
CHAPTER 100.
"A supplement to the act entitled act 10 prevent
Gambling, passed at December session, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-sir chapter eighty eight.
Section l. BE il enacted by the General .issemIly Of
Maryland, That it shall not be lawful TO keep gam
| ing table, and that any one who shall keep a gaming
table, shall be gsy of misdemeanor, and for every
such offence shall pay fine of one hundred dollars,
and any person who shall at any time hereafter ap
pear, act or behave, as the person having the care
government or management of gaming table, shall
| be deemed and taken the keeper thereof.
Sec 2. .a1id be il enacted, 4hat every who shall
keep gaming house, shall be guilty of misdemcanor,
and for each offence shall pay fine of one hundred
dollars,
Sec ,. find be il enacted, That every one who shall
bet, wager, either directly indirectly money or
any other thing, at any of the gaming tables prohibited
by this act, shall be guilty of mi. demeaRor aid for
such offence shall pay fine of twenty dollars, and
each bet or wager shall be considered Il separate
offence under this act.
See, 4. find be enacted That every Faro table, E.
o. table, Equality, any other kind of gaming table
billiard table excepted) at which the game of Faro
Equality or any other game of chance shall be played
for money or any thing, any such table shall be deem
| ed gaming table within the meaning OF this act.
See. s. find be u enacted, That every who shall
Permit any gaming table prohibited by this act, to be
kept in any house over which he or she has the occtl
pancy or control, either owner temper
airy occupant, shall be deemed guilty of keeping
gaming table within the meaning of this act.
Sec. b. find be It enacted, That this act shall be
literally construed as remedial law and not strictly
as penal law.
Sec. T. find be il enacted, That all fines and forfeit
ures under this act shall be recovered the Of
the State, before single justice of the peace, small
debts recovered, and the proceedings shall
all respects he similar 10 those for the recovery of
small 'ebs, with the same right of appeal either on
the part of the State the part of the defendant
Sec. s. find he II enacted, That all fines recovered
under this act shall 20 half TO the State, ard the
other half TO the ntonner, and the ini0er shai. be
competent witness without releasing his interest IN
the penalty
Sec. 9. find be enacted, That no proceedings I'M
der this act shall be quashed nor shall any judgment
for fine uadcr the same, be reversed by reason of Err
ror IN sitig VINO was Bioriner, or any other matter
OF form, but the proceedings in every case, may be
'ended atany stage of them, either before the jus
tice OF the peace. or before the county court on ap
peal, so rs to bring the real merits OF the To trial
and ascertain whether there has been violation Of
this act, by the party accused
Sec. 10. find be enacted, That the fines under this
act may he recovered as hereinhetore provided by
indictment in the county court city court OF Bali
more, and is further enacted, that all acts of assem-
bly, heretofore passed, for the purpose OF supfresSins
gaming, be and the same arc hereby repealed.
Sec H. find be enacted That it shall be the duty
of all censtables to visit all the places within their re
spective districts, cities, counties, where il Is sIs
pected gaming tables are kept and give in onation OF
all violations OF this act to the next county court OF
their respective counties, the city court OF Balt
msre, where the violations occur in said city.
Sec. IL. find be it enacted That the several county
courts and the city court OF Baltimore, snail give this
act in charge To the grand jury of each county court
or city court to be held hereater aud person who
has or may have bet at any gaming table, shall be
cused from es tityng under this act, but Whenever it
may he necessary to use any one as witness on the
part of the State in any proceeding under this act,
such witness shal be released from any fine Incurred
by participating in the violations, he is called upon as
witness TO prove.
Sec. 49, find be it be enacted That any person act
ing as door keeper, any way aiding and assisting
in the Keeping conducting of gaming house, room,
table, place for gaming, shall be guilty OF msdc
meanor, and for offence be subject 10 fine of
twenty dollars.
Sec. H. find be il enacted That this shall not be
construed to affect interfere with any prosecution,
now pending in the courts of this STATE but they shall
be prosecuted under the law stood before the pas
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