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the south side of the Frederick Road; thence in a westerly and south-
westerly direction along the south and the southeast side of the old Fred-
erick Road to the new Southwestern city line; thence in a southeasterly
direction along the new Southwestern city line to the new Southeastern city
line; thence in a northeasterly direction to Hawkin's Point and the waters
of the Patapsco River; thence with the Patapsco River, the Middle Branch,
the Northwestern Branch, and the Basin to the south side of Pratt Street;
thence in a westerly direction on the south side of Pratt Street to the
southwest side of Fremont Avenue; thence in a northwesterly direction
on the southwest side of Fremont Avenue to the south side of Edmond-
son Avenue at the place of beginning.

LICENSES.

BILLIARDS.

1870, ch. 250. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 641.

658. A license may be granted to any person who may apply for per-
mission to keep a billliard table, for which license there shall be paid the
sum of fifty dollars, and for every additional billiard table kept by the
same person, he shall pay a license of twenty-five dollars; provided, that
all said additional tables shall be kept in the same apartment; and pro-
vided, that this section shall not apply to any billiard table kept for pri-
vate use.*

Under this section licenses are issued by the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, and the license fees payable to the State.

Weber v. State, 116 Md. 402.

1865, ch. 56. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 642.

659. Any person keeping or exhibiting for use a billiard table, without
first obtaining a license therefor, shall for each and every table so kept
or exhibited, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars, one-half
to the informer and the other half to the State.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 643.

660. Nothing contained in the two preceding sections shall impair the
right of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to impose a further
tax on billiard tables.

DETECTIVES.

1910, ch. 694.

660A. That no person shall engage in the business of private detective
for hire or reward, whether for himself or as a member of or as an em-
ployee of any detective agency, firm or corporation, or advertise or hold

*Act of 1912, ch. 67, amending the general laws, provides for a license fee of ten
dollars for billiard table and five dollars for each additional table.

Germania v. State, 7 Md. 1.