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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the State of Maryland, in any court in this State

having jurisdiction over, the said claims; and one-

half of said penalty, when recovered, shall be paid

into the Treasury of the State, and the other half of

the said penalty shall -be paid to the informer.

SEC. 9. Any person acting as agent for any tele-

graph company, or express, or transportation com-

pany, firm, partnership, association or corporation,

Guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

in violation of the preceding section, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to indictment

therefor, and on conviction in any court having

jurisdiction, shall be fined not exceeding five hun-

dred dollars.

SEC. 10. Any telegraph company, express or trans-

portation company, person, firm, partnership, associ-

ation, or corporation, proposing to do the business

of telegraphing for profit or hire, within the limits

of any single county in this State, or within the limits

of the city of Baltimore, or proposing to do the bus-

iness of transporting or forwarding for profit or hire

within the limits of any single county in this State,

or within the limits of the city of Baltimore, any ar-

ticle of trade or traffic or any package or parcel of

Fee for a li-

goods of any sort, shall pay to the Clerk of the Circuit

cense.

Court for the county in which said business is pro-

posed to be done, or to the Clerk of the Court of

Common Pleas of the City of Baltimore, if the said

business is proposed to be done in said city, the sum

of twelve dollars for a license to do said business for

one year, or a proportionate part of said sum for any

fractional part of a year, not less than one month;

and all license so issued shall be made to expire on

the first day of May next succeeding the date of their

issue.

SEC. 11. Any person offending in any way by

violating the provisions of the last preceding section,

either as agent or otherwise, shall be liable to a

prosecution therefor, and upon indictment and con-

Persons offend-
ing

viction thereof in any court having jurisdiction, shall

be fined not less than twenty nor more than one

hundred dollars, and shall stand committed until the

fine and costs are paid.