Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-04

Section All, Section 422, as last
amended by Chapter 604 of the Acts of
1857, Section 1923, Section 424, as
amended by Chapter 900 of the Acts of
1857, Section AS, Section 426, Section
AT, Section 42S, as amended by Chap
ter 4sS of the Acts of 1851, Section
42o, Section $50. as amended by Chap
as amended by Chapter Ill of the Acts
of 1855 and Section 432 be and same
are hereby repealed.
SEC. Is. ARd be Il further enacted,
That Section 49o of the Charter and
Public Local Laws of Baltimore City
(194o Edition., subdivision, Moving
Picture Machine Operators" be, and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
400. All persons who, at the time of
gagged in the business Of moving pic
ture machine operator in the City of
Baltimore, as described in Section 4o7,
shall within sixty days after the FIRST
day OF May 1910, comply with all the
provisions of this subtitle. otherwise
they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, Ibefore police
justice or in the Criminal Court of
Baltimore City,l be fined sum not
less than Five Dollars, nor more than
Twenty Dollars, for each day or frac-
business Of moving picture machine
operator in the City Of Baltimore; and
il said fine is not paid, shall be subject
to imprisonment for thirty days or both
at the discretion of the Judge
SEC. 20. And be Il further enacted,
That Sections 752, 759, 761, 762, 763,
and 764 of the Charter and Public
Local Laws of Baltimore City G94o
Edition.. subdivision Migrants, Pau
pers, Beggars, Nagabonds and Dis
orderly Persons" be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
SEC. 80. Ard be il further enacted.
That Sections ISL. 7s5, 7s4, and 7sS
of the Charter and Public Local Laws
of Baltimore City (lo4o Edition.. sub
division Migrants. Paupers, BeggarS,
Vagabonds and Disorderly Persons" be.
and the same are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
$751;. Police officers acting on the re-
quest of any person or upon their own
information or belief shall, Twitoutl
zoithoHt a warrant, arrest and carry be-
fore Ia station house justiceI the NM
nicipdl Court of Baltimore City for ex-
animation any person charged with
violating any of the provisions of the
above Sections 74o or $50; provided that
in all cases where such arrest is made
on request OF any person and without
warrant the officer making the arrest
shall require the person requesting It to
forthwith appear before said IjusticeI
court and prefer a charge under oath
against the person so arrested.
7S3. The Isaid court or said JUS
tiee1 fudge before whom any person so
charged may be brought. upon proof
that such person has violated any of the
provisions of the above Sections 749 or
$50, shall in his discretion. fine such
person not exceeding the sum of FIVE
hundred dollars or sentence such per-
son TO be confined in jail or in the
House of Correction or in such other
suitable place as may hereafter be pro-
vided by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore for a period not exceeding
one year; provided that in the case of
any person found 10 be a pauper or an
babitual beggar who may not be able.
bodied, but aged or seriously crippled
or inhrm, the said court Tor justiceI
shall request the Department of Public
Welfare TO provide proper care; and
provided further that any minor con-
victed under the provision of the above
Sections 749 or $50 may be sent 10 any
reformatory institution to which minors
may be committed under Article n of
the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland.
1854. Whenever any workhouse or
other place shall be provided by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
to which persons convicted of violating
any of the provisions Of the above Sec
tions 749 or $50 may be sent. the Tsaid1
court or justiceI may send them to
such workhouse or other place il the
Isaidl court Tor justieel considers il a
more suitable place for purpose.
s7sS. Whenever any minor shall be
brought before. the Judge Tor Justiee1
as aforesaid, the parents or guardians
of such minor, If they be resident
within the City of Baltimore and their
names and place Of residence be made
known to such Judge Tor JusticeI, shall
be summoned to show cause, il any they
have, why such minor should not be
sent to the almshouse or other suitable
place, or be otherwise punished accord
ing to law.
SEC. 81. And be Il further enoeted.
That Section 767 of the Charter and
Public Local Laws of Baltimore City
Ho4o EDITION., subdivision "Vagrant,
Dependent and Vicious Children, be.
and the. same is hereby repealed and
reenaeted, with amendments, to read as
s767. Any girl apparently under the
age of sixteen years, and any bow ap-
parently under the age of fourteen
years. that comes within any of the
following descriptions named: that is
known TO be habitually begging or re-
ceiving aims, whether actually begging
or under the pretense of peddling or
offering for sale anything, or being in
any street. road or public place for the
purpose Of so begging. gathering or
receiving aims; that is found wandering
and not having any home or settled
place OF abode or proper guardianship
or visible means of subsistence; that is
found destitute, either being an orphan
or having vicious parent who is under
going. penal servitude or imprisonment;
that frequents the company of reputed
thieves or prostitutes, or houses of as
signation or prostitution, or dance
houses, concert saloons, varieties, or
places specified in Section 76S hereof,
without parent or guardian, shall be
arrested and brought before ia Court or
Justice Of the Peacel the Municipal
Court Of Baltimore City. When, upon
Justice of the Peacel, it shall appear
that any such child has been engaged
in any of the aforesaid acts, or comes
within any OF the aforesaid descriptions.
such Court Iof Justicel, when [heJ Il
shall deem IL expedient for the welfare
of the child, shall commit such child to
an orphan asylum. charitable or other
institute, or make such other disposition
thereof as now is or may hereafter be
provided by law in case of Migrants,
truant, disorderly; pauper or destitute
children; provided. however, that none
Of the provisions of this subdivision of
this Article shall be construed so as to
prevent children from selling or offering
for sale newspapers.
SEC. 81. And be IL further eaaeted.
That Article SO of the Annotated Code
of Maryland Uoo0 Supplement-, title
"Fines and Forfeitures," Section S (a).
be, and the same is hereby repealed
and reenacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:
sS(a) Gsneydiy.-One half of the
fines imposed and recognizances for
feited to the circuit court for the sew
to the clerks of the respective courts, TO
be expended under the direction of the
judge or judges of said courts, for the
augmentation of the libraries of said
courts. and one half of the fines and
recognizances received by the city
treasurer Of Baltimore City from the
Justices Of the peace inl MHnicipdl
Court Of Baltimore City and the Sheriff
Of Baltimore City, as adjudged by and
accruing in the criminal courts of Balti-
more City, and collected and received
by or through the said Sheriff, shall be
paid by the City treasurer to the
Library Company of the Baltimore Bar
for its use and benefit, said sum to the
Library Company of the Baltimore Bar
not to exceed, however, in any year the
sum of twenty thousand dollars
$50, 100000. This section not to apply
charge shall be paid to any clerk of
the court for collecting and paying over
said fines. In Baltimore County. this
section shall not apply to fines imposed
in gambling cases.
SIC. g; ArS Be Z further ENACTED;