exceeding two days) that such labor is not performed. Formerly the sum to be paid was $1.50 for each day's failure. Section 6 declares that any person liable to labor as aforesaid who shall refuse to obey summons or to labor on said public roads as provided, and shall refuse and neglect upon demand to pay said sum of 75 cents per day as aforesaid, or shall refuse or neglect to furnish a substitute for said labor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine equal in amount to said sum of 75 cents per day for not exceeding two days and costs, party offending to stand committed to county jail until fines and costs are paid, but imprisonment not to exceed ten days. Formerly the fine amounted to $1.50 per day for not exceeding two days. Road supervisors are required to give bond for the faithful performance of their duties; and provision is made for placing finger boards or signs at such of the forks of the public roads as county commissioners may think need the same. Any person tearing down or defacing such finger boards shall be subject to fine from $5 to $10. Other sections, from 9 to 13, inclusive, regulate the construction of said public roads in said Worcester County. Waterworks (chap. 125, p. 581, approved March 29, 1898).-Forbids pollution of water for town of Takoma Park: Penalty, fine $5 to $50. Sinking fund (chap. 125, p. 584, approved March 29, 1898).—Officials applying sinking fund to any other purpose than the purchase of bonds of Takoma Park, misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than the amount so misapplied. Chapter 150, page 614, approved April 9, 1898, relates to town of Hyattsville and contains provisions and penalties the same as above. (Chap. 276, p. 821, approved April 9, 1898).-Provides for the erection of a publicschool building and the management of a free district school for colored children at Annapolis; provides for the issue of bonds and for a sinking fund for their redemption. Any person having charge of such sinking fund suffering the same to be diverted or applied to any other purpose, guilty of misdemeanor. Fine not less than the amount misapplied or imprisonment in the house of correction from six months to two years, or both such fine and imprisonment. Infectious diseases (chap. 436, p. 1059, approved April 9, 1898).—Adds new sections to article 43 of the Code of Public General Laws entitled "Health," subtitle "Infectious diseases." Provides that when any householder knows that a person within his family is sick of smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, typhus fever, measles, mumps, whooping cough, or any other infectious or contagious disease, he shall immediately give notice to the board of health. Provides for disinfection: Penalty for noncompliance fine not exceeding more than $100. Physicians are likewise obliged to gave notice of all such cases: Penalty, fine $50 to $200. Midwives and nurses must be registered and must report cases of fever in lying-inwomen. Violation, misdemeanor: Fine not more than $100 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. Licenses for stevedores.-An act to add an additional section to the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, volume 1, Article IV, title "City of Baltimore," subtitle "Licenses," to be known as section 668a, to provide for licenses for stevedores. (Chap. 505, p. 1176, approved April 9, 1898.) The new section added declares that before any person or body corporate shall transact the business of a master stevedore in the city of Baltimore, he or it shall first obtain from the clerk of the court of common pleas in said city a State's license, authorizing him or it to carry on said business in the said city, and provision is made for the procurement of such license. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine of $100 or imprisonment in city jail not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment. Fines in Baltimore County.-An act to repeal chapter 448 of the acts of the general assembly of 1894, entitled an act to appropriate the fines and forfeitures imposed by the circuit court for Baltimore County, and by justices of the peace thereof, to the treasurer of the board of county school commissioners of Baltimore County, for the use of the public schools of said county, and to reenact the same with amendments. (Chap. 527, p. 1240, approved April 9, 1898.) The amended chapter provides for the payment of all fines and forfeitures imposed by the circuit court for Baltimore County, and by justices of the peace of said county, to the board of county school commissioners of Baltimore County for the use of the public schools of said county, and in making returns to said board the sheriff or justice of the peace shall make a statement giving name of party convicted or that forfeited his recognizance, the date of conviction or forfeiture, the charge on which arrested, and the amount of fine or forfeiture, and a reference to his docket and folio. Section 5 declares that if the sheriff of Baltimore County, or any justice of the peace, shall violate any of the provisions of this act he shall pay a fine from $25 to $200. NOTE.-New feature, penalty imposed upon sheriff or justice of the peace. Fines and forfeitures (chap. 87, p. 170, approved March 29, 1898).-Reenacts section 3 of article 38, Code Public General Law title "Fines and forfeitures." Section 3 reads as follows: 3. Any person who shall or may hereafter be committed to jail on any charge, including contempt of court, by the judgment of any court of justice, or by any justice of the peace of this State, for nonpayment of any fine and costs not exceeding the sum of fifty dollars, who shall have remained in custody as aforesaid for the space of thirty days; or any person who shall or may hereafter be committed to jail aforesaid for nonpayment of any fine and costs above fifty and not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, who shall have remained in custody aforesaid for the space of sixty days; or any person who shall or may hereafter be committed to jail aforesaid for the nonpayment of any fine and costs above one hundred and fifty and not exceeding five hundred dollars, who shall have remained in custody aforesaid for the space of ninety days; or any person who shall or may hereafter be committed to jail aforesaid for the nonpayment of any fine and costs above five hundred dollars, who shall have remained in custody aforesaid for the space of six months, shall be discharged from further imprisonment on account of said fine and costs. MUNICIPAL PENALTIES. Sharpsburg (chap. 99, p. 178, approved April 7, 1898).-Amends the charter of Sharpsburg, Washington County. Section 21 declares that any justice of the peace of Sharpsburg, or the burgess or assistant burgess, may hear and determine cases arising under the ordinances, and impose fines for the violation thereof. Should the person convicted fail to pay the fine, he shall be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, unless he shall pay fine and costs before the expiration of that period. Duties of mayor of Oakland (chap. 25, p. 84, approved March 2, 1898). — Relates to town of Oakland and amends charter. SEC. 171. Willful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office on the part of the mayor is hereby declared a misdemeanor, and on conviction before a justice of the peace, or in the circuit court for Garrett County, he shall be removed from office. City of Baltimore (chap. 123, p. 241, approved March 24, 1898). It is not the purpose of this report to present municipal ordinances with the penalties attached to them. The report is confined to crimes and misdemeanors which are distinctly recognized and specified under the State laws. But while the charter of every town or city confers the right to enact local laws with limited penalties, there are in various charters specific offenses for which the punishment is provided in the charter itself. In that case it is not a municipal regulation, but a State law. In such cases the offense and the penalty are indicated in this report. Under paragraph 6, under general powers conferred upon the mayor and the city council of Baltimore (p. 271), it is stated that the mayor and city council may enforce ordinances of fine and imprisonment, but no fine shall exceed $500 nor imprisonment exceed twelve months for any offense. The following is a list of the offenses and punishments which are designated in the charter of Baltimore and punished by State enactment: Offense. Punishment. Fine. Imprisonment. $50 a week. .do $150. Pharmacists selling drugs without license Owner or consignee to give bond for each Using unstamped barrel for farm products. Coal dealers to have suitable scales on premises. Selling coal without weighing.... Refusing to weigh on other scales when demanded. Selling coal without a weight ticket. Altering gauge marks on casks.. Acting as gauger without license Licensed gauger guilty of fraud Neglecting to weigh hay or straw, or con- False certificate of hay weight... Owners of steam boilers to report to inspector. Owners failing to have boiler ready for inspection on notice. Inspectors giving certificate without test.. Use of condemned boiler.... Prescribes measure for a cord of wood.. measurement. Fraudulent drawing of jurors.. Fees prescribed for justices and constables. Keeping billiard table for use without Horse dealers to be licensed.. Persons having license violating law Distillers' and brewers' licence Pawnbrokers failing to take out license or Real estate brokers failing to obtain license Failure to obtain separate license for each place of business. Violation of market laws.. Butter sold by a pound weighing less than 16 ounces shall be seized and sold for the city. $10 to $50 a day $20 for each passenger. $20 for every neglect $100 to $500.. $5 .do $5 to $10. Market clerks demanding unauthorized $20.. 3 years or both. 1 to 3 years. Jail or house of correction 3 to 12 months, or both. 3 to 12 months. Imprisonment to 30 days, or both. Jail 6 months, or both. Brunswick (chap. 495, p. 1145, approved April 9, 1898).-Section 26 empowers the authorities of the town of Brunswick to impose fines (limit not stated), and in default of payment and the costs of prosecution may imprison offenders not exceeding one day for every dollar of fine imposed and not exceeding thirty days in all. Ocean City (chap. 528, p. 1245, approved April 9, 1898).-Mayor and council of Ocean City may pass ordinances and enforce penalties not exceeding $10 for any one offense, and in default of payment committing to jail not exceeding ten days. Municipal elections (chap. 528, p. 1243, sec. 5, approved April 9, 1898).-Section 5 requires the mayor to appoint three judges of election. The clerk of the city council shall file the return of votes and issue certificates of election. Failure of the mayor or of the clerk of the council to perform the duties imposed under this section a misdemeanor: Penalty, not exceeding $50. Fines in criminal court, Baltimore (chap. 123, p. 428, art. 443, approved March 24, 1898). No person shall hereafter be allowed to give security for the payment of any fine and costs imposed by the criminal court of Baltimore, but any person who shall be sentenced by the court to the payment of any fine and costs shall stand committed until they are paid: Provided, That if such fine and costs are less than ten dollars, the person so sentenced shall be discharged from custody at the end of thirty days from the date of their imposition, if no imprisonment has also been ordered by the court, or at the end of thirty days from the expiration of the time for which said person shall have been ordered to be imprisoned, upon sufficient proof shown to the court that the person imprisoned is unable to pay the said fine and costs: And provided also, That if the said fine and costs are more than ten and less than fifty dollars, the person so imprisoned shall be discharged from custody at the end of sixty days from the imposition thereof, if no imprisonment be ordered by the court, or at the end of sixty days from and after the expiration of the time for which said person has been ordered to be imprisoned, on proof shown of his inability to pay said fine and costs: And provided also, That if the said fine and costs exceed the sum of fifty dollars, the person so imprisoned shall be discharged from custody at the end of six months from the imposition thereof, or from the expiration of the term for which he was ordered to be imprisoned, on proof shown of his inability to pay. GAMBLING AND BETTING. Gambling, Carroll County.-An act to add additional sections to Article VII of the Code of Local Public Laws, title "Carroll County," to come in after section 256, and to be known as sections 257 and 258 of said Article VII, and to be designated as subtitle "Gambling.” (Chap. 64, p. 139, approved March 14, 1898.) The new sections added prohibit the playing with cards or any other devices, any game or games of chance for money or other thing of value, upon or near to or in |