1886 Md. Laws 315

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 having 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 offence, 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 Commissioners 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 case may 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. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.