1886 — Calvert County, Maryland — Public Carry

1886 Md. L. chap. 189, p. 315-16

Summary

Made it illegal to carry weapons near polling stations in Calvert County.

Statutory Text

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person in Calvert County to carry, on the days of election and primary election, within three hundred yards of the polls, secretly, or otherwise, any gun, pistol, dirk, dirk-knife, razor, billy or bludgeon, and any person violating the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof by the Circuit Court of Calvert County havinbg criminal jurisdiction thereof, or before any Justice of the Peace in said county, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and on refusal or failure to pay said fine, shall be committed to the Jail of the county until the same is paid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the fines collected under this act.shall be paid by the officer collecting the same, to the School Comissioners of the county in which the offence was committed, for School purposes.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any Constable of said county, or the Sheriff thereof, who shall refuse to arrest any person violating any provision of this act, upon information of such offence, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before the Circuit Court for Calvert county, as the casemay be, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall, in the discretion of the Court, be discharged from office.

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Title 1886 — Calvert County, Maryland — Public Carry
Jurisdiction MD
Date 1886