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ever, devised or intended for circulation as currency, issued
without the limits of this State, of a less denomination than five
dollars, under a penalty of five dollars for each offence, to be
recovered by an action of debt in the name of the State before
any justice of the peace of the State; and it shall not be lawful
for any bank, savings institution, corporation, or body politic
of this State, or for any person or association of persons, to
make, issue, or pay out any note or device of the nature and
character described in this section of a less denomination than
five dollars, under the penalty prescribed in this section for each
offence, and to be recovered in the same manner.

10. One-half of the penalty recovered in any case under the
preceding section shall go to the informer, and the residue shall
be paid to the collector of county or city taxes, for the use of
the county or city where the same may be prosecuted for; and
in all cases the informer shall be a competent witness.

11. If any person against whom any judgment may be rendered
for the penalty provided by the ninth section of this article shall
not immediately pay the same and the costs of the prosecution,
or give security satisfactory to the justice rendering the judgment
for the payment, he shall be committed to prison, there to remain
until the same shall be paid, or until the expiration of ten days
from the date of the commitment, whichever shall first occur.

ARTICLE XXXIII.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind-Education of.

SEC. 1*. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the county
commissioners of the several counties of this State, and of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, on the application of
any parent, guardian or next friend (provided such parent,
guardian or next friend has been a bona fide citizen of this State
for at least two years previous to such application) of any deaf
and dumb person of teachable age and capacity, not exceeding
the age of twenty-one years, to inquire into the age and capacity
of said deaf and dumb person, and also into the ability of such
person, his or her parent or guardian, to pay the expense of his
or her education; and if satisfied by evidence produced that such