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ART. XXVIl] TRANSPORTATION FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES. 213
exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment within such limits.
Upon conviction under this sub-title the person so convicted shall for-
feit his license to drive or operate such automobile or other vehicle
within the State of Maryland for such period of time as the Court
imposing the sentence shall direct.
Vagrants and Tramps.
1904, art. 27. sec. 425. 18SS, art. 27, sec. 275. 1880, ch. 31. 1888, ch. 274.
1906, ch. 704. 1916, ch. 291.
478. Every person, not insane, who wanders about in this State and
lodges in market houses, market places, or in other public buildings, or
in barns, outhouses, barracks, or in the open air, without having any
lawful occupation in the city, town or county in which he may so wan-
der, and without having any visible means of support, shall be deemed
to be a tramp, and to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject
to imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court or Justice of the Peace
hearing the charge, for a period of not less than thirty days, nor more
than one year. This section not to apply to Allegany County.*
Separating Young Child from Mother.
1916, ch. 210, sec. 484.
483A. It shall be unlawful to separate a child under the age of six
months from its mother for the purpose of placing such child in a foster
home or institution for the maintenance of such child, or to assist or
participate in such separation, or to place, receive or retain any child
in a foster home or institution for the maintenance of such child, or to
assist or participate in so placing, receiving or retaining such child;
unless it be necessary for the physical good of the mother or of such
child that they be separated or that such child be placed, received or
retained in a foster home or institution for the maintenance of such
child, and two physicians, qualified to practice medicine in the State
of Maryland, and who shall have been engaged in active practice for
at least five years, shall have signed a certificate setting out the reasons
for such necessity, or unless a Court of competent jurisdiction shall
"have so ordered, or unless within the discretion of the Board of State
Aid and Charities such separation is necessary, and said Board gives
its written consent thereto.
1916, ch. 210. sec. 485.
483B. It shall be the duty of every person separating, or assisting
or participating in separating, any such child from its mother, and of
every person placing, receiving or retaining or assisting in placing,
receiving or retaining any such child in a foster home or institution for
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*The act of 1916, chapter 357, gives the police justices in Baltimore City power,
in the absence of a prayer for jury trial, to try cases involving a violation of this
section, and other offences.
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