American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-01-03
CHAPTER 100.

power, to repress, within the limits of the civ the
lnlqutous practice, to which the said act Of Assembly
refers. X. SWAMI Mayor
CHAPTER 100.
Il supplement to the act entitled an act to prerent
Gambling, passed at December session, one thousand
eight hundred and tpent-S1, chopter eehtu eioht
Section l. Be it enacted By the General 4ssen,bL Of
Maryland, That it shall not be lawful to keep gam
| ing liable, and that any one whs shall keep gaming
table, shall be guilty of msdemeanor aud for every
such 0fence shall pay fine of hundred dollars
and any person who shall at any time hereafter an
pear act or behave, as the person having the care
government or management of gaming table, shall
| be deemed and taken as the keeper thereof.
Sec 2. find be ii enacted That every one who shall
keep gaming house shall be guilty of a nisdemeanor
and for each offence shall pay fine of one hund ed
dollars.
Sec. B. find be ii enacted That every one who shall
net, or wager, either directly indirectly money or
any other ing at any of the gaming tables prohibited
by this ACT shall be guilty of m demeanor aud for
such offence shall pay fine of twenty dollars and
each bet or wager shall be considered q separate
offence under this act.
Sec. A. find be il enacted, That every Faro table f.
w. table, Equality, or any other kind of gaming fable
billiard table exoeped) at which the game Of Faro
Equality or any other game of chance shall be PLAYED
Tor money or any thing any such table shall be deem
ed gaming table within the meaning of this act
Sec 5. find be u enacted, That every one who shall
Iermlt any gaming table prohibited by this act to be
Kept IN any house over which he or she has the occu
paicy or control, either owner, tenant or tenpor
AIRY occupant, shall be deemed guilty of keepig n
gaming table within the meaning of this act
Sec. 6, find be 10 enacted, That this act shall he
Literally construed, as remedial law, and not strictly
as penal law.
Sec. T. find be it enacted That all fines and forfai,
ures under this act shall be red in the name of
the State, before single justice of the peace AS small
uebts are now recovered, and the proceedings shall in
all respects be similar TO those for the recovery Mt
small 'ebts with the same right of appeal either on
the part of the State, or the part Of the defendant
Sec .. find be it enacted, That all fines recovered
under this act shall 20 half to the State and tb.
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competent Witness without releasing his interest il.
the penalty.
Sec: D. find be il enacted, That no proceedings un-
der this act shall be quashed, shall any iudrnen,
for fine under the same be reversed by reason of or
ror In stating who was intormer, or any other matter
oil form, but the proceedings in every case, NAV be
AZ ended atany stage of them, either before the us
tice OF the peace. or before the county court on an
peal so as TO bring the real merits of the case to tIa
and ascertain whether there has been voIa,iop of
this act, by the party accused
Sec. 10 find be il enacted, That the fines under This
act may be recovered as herenbefore provided or by
Indictment In the county court city court of Bali
more, and is further enacted that all acts OF assem-
py heretofore passed, for the purpose of suppressina
gaming, be and the same arc hereby repealed
Sec. H. find be enacted, That il shall be the du,y
oil all consah'es TO visit all the places within their re-
peced gaming tables kept aad rive In ormaon of
all violations OF this act to the next County court of
Their respective counties, or the city court of Bath
mere, where the violations occur in said civ
Sec. H. find be enacted, That the several coun,v
COURTS and the city court OF Baltimore shall give his
act in charge to the grand jury Of each county cour,
or city court to be held hereafter and no person who
has or may have bet at any gaming table shall be CIV
cused from testying under this act but wbeneye, !,
may he necessary to use any AS a witness on the
part OF the state in any proceeding under this ar.
such witness shall he released from any fine incurred
BY participating in the Violations he is called upon as
witness to prove, F "'
Sec. H. find be it be enacted, That any person act,
ing as door keeper, or any way aiding and assisting
IN the keeping or conducting OF gaming house room
table, or place for gaming, shall be guilty of misdc
meanor, and for each offence be subject 10 fine of
twenty dollars. INV VI
Sec a. find be enacted, That this act shall bo, b
construed to affect or interfere with any Or, secntio
now pending in the courts of this State but they shall
-be prosecuted under the law as it stood before the mas,
sage of this act. dan ga,
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