EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 378.

AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 43 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Health," to be
numbered Section 81B.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following section shall be added to Article 43 of
the Code of Public General Laws, to be numbered Section 81 B,
and to read as follows :

81B. No person, firm or corporation engaged in making,
manufacturing, compounding and selling extracts, essences or
other fluids commonly used for the purpose of flavoring articles
of food or drink, shall use or employ, or permit to be used or
employed by his, their or its agents or employees, in the making,
manufacture or compounding of such flavoring extracts, es-
sences or fluids, any methyl, or wood alcohol ; nor shall any per-
son, firm or corporation, his. their or its agents or employees,
sell, or offer for sale at wholesale or retail, any flavoring extract,
essence or other fluid commonly used for flavoring articles of
food or drink, when the same contains any methyl, or wood
alcohol ; and any person, firm or corporation, his, their or its
agents, employees or officers, violating the provisions of this
Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there-
of shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dol-
lars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by not less than
three months nor more than twelve months' imprisonment, or by
both, in the discretion of the Court.

Pertaining to
methyl or
wood alco

hol.

punishable
by fine,
etc.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 379.

AN ACT to amend the charter and extend the powers of "The
Sisters of the Third Ordero St. Francis of the City of Bal-
timore" so as to enable said corporation to equip and maintain
a school for the education and graduation of trained nurses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That "The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of the
City of Baltimore," a corporation heretofore formed under the
provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland,
passed at the Session of 1868, Chapter 471, in addition to the
powers possessed by it under the General Laws of this State,
shall have the further powers hereinafter given.

Powers pos-
es s e d by
religious or-
ganizations

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall
have authority to create, equip and maintain a school for the
education and scientific training and instruction of men and
women for the proper discharge of the duties of the profession

Authority to
equip and
maintain a

school for
nurses.