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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

lic General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title

"Fraud," to be numbered Section 97C, to follow Section 97,

and to read as follows :

Unlawful to
wear insignia,
etc., of B. P.
O.E.

97C. Any person who shall unlawfully wear the insignia,
distinctive ribbons or membership rosette or button of the

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States

of America or use the same to obtain aid or assistance within

the State, unless he shall be entitled to use or wear the same

under the constitution and by-laws, rules and regulations of

said organization, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon

conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hun-

dred dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 348.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Harford

County to grant a pension to Charles L. Pyle, of said county.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the County Commissioners of Harford County

Empowered to

are hereby authorized and empowered to grant an annual pen-

grant an an-

sion of one hundred dollars to Charles L. Pyle, of said county,

nual pension.

during the natural life of the said Charles L. Pyle, and to levy

said sum on the assessable property of said county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 349.

AN ACT to establish a sewerage system for the City of Bal-

timore ; to empower the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

to issue stock to an amount not exceeding ten million dol-

lars for the purpose of defraying the cost of said sewerage

system ; to authorize the submission of an ordinance to that

end to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, and to au-

thorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to establish

a system of sewer rates.