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court having jurisdiction shall be fined not less than twenty nor more
than one hundred dollars and shall stand committed until the fine and
costs are paid.

Gypsies.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 167. 1912, sec. 129. 1904, sec. 127. 1904, ch. 485, sec. 1. 1920, ch. 48.

141. It shall not be lawful for any roving bands of nomads, commonly
called gypsies, or any person or persons composing any such bands, who
have no permanent place of abode in the State of Maryland, to pitch or
settle its or their encampment or carry on its or their business or trans-
action or practice their craft within the limits of any county of this State
unless they, or some of them, shall first obtain from the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for any county of this State a license for such bands to pitch or
settle its or their encampment or carry on its or their business or practice
their craft in said county, for which shall be paid by the person applying
for such license to the Clerk of the said Court the sum of one thousand
dollars, for the use of said county, and a further sum of fifty cents to the
Clerk for his fee for issuing the same, such license to be issued in the
name of the band for which such license is obtained, and if the band for
which such license is obtained has no name by which the same is generally
known by its members, then the party applying for such license shall
designate to the Clerk what name he desires such band to be called in the
license to be issued, and such license, when issued, shall not entitle such
band named in such license, or any of its members, to return and pitch or
settle its or their encampments or carry on their business or transactions
or practice their craft after moving beyond the limits of said county.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 168. 1912, sec. 130. 1904, sec. 128. 1904, ch. 485, sec. 2.

142. Bands of roving nomads, commonly called gypsies, or any person
or persons composing such band or bands, violating any of the provisions of
section 141 of this sub-title shall, upon indictment and conviction, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and
may, in the discretion of the court, in addition, be confined in the Mary-
land house of correction for not less than three nor more than six months.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 169. 1912, sec. 131. 1904, sec. 129. 1904, ch. 485, sec. 3.

143. Whenever any constable or the sheriff shall arrest any person or
persons composing such band or bands, as aforesaid, he shall seize all the
property in the possession of such band or any of its members, and hold the
same until after the trial of the person or persons so arrested; and if at
the trial such person or persons, or any of them, shall be convicted of a
violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title, then the constable or the
sheriff, as the case may be, shall proceed to sell the same, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, after giving at least ten days' notice of the said sale,
to satisfy and pay the fine or fines and the cost adjudged against the person
or persons so convicted, together with the cost and expenses of keeping
such property; and such constable or sheriff, as the case may be, shall be
entitled to the same fees for the taking and selling such property as are
allowed to the sheriff of the said county where the offense is committed,
for seizing and selling personal property under a writ of fieri facias;