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amount than $100, or for the use of said sum or loan or advance,
or for examination or valuation of property, examination of
title, preparation, registration or recording of papers, acknowl-
edgments, affidavits, insurance or other expenses of any kind
connected with said loan, provided, however, that the privileges
extended by law to real estate brokers, loaning money on real
estate as aforesaid, and to licensed petty loan brokers shall be
extended also to attorneys at law in dealing with their clients
and without requirement of any license or license fees from
said attorneys.

The violation of any provision of this section shall be a mis-
demeanor on the part of the lender or procurer of said loan, and
if such lender or procurer be a corporation or a non-resident of
the State of Maryland, then such violation shall be a misde-
meanor on the part of any person participating therein as a rep-
resentative or agent of the lender or procurer, and all suck mis-
demeanors upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine
of not more than $100 for the first offense, and for the second
and each subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $100 and
imprisonment for not more than thirty days. And every loan
in connection with which such violation shall have occurred
shall be absolutely null and void and the borrower shall be
entitled to recover from the lender any and all sums paid or
returned on account of or in connection with such loan.

SEC. 2. And be ii further enacted, That nothing in this act
shall apply to or affect the prosecution of any offense which may
have been committed prior to the passage of this act or the pun-
ishment provided for such offense.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 836.

AN ACT to add three new sections to Article 56 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Licenses," sub-title
"Brokers," to be known as sections 21A, 21B and 2lC, defin-
ing and regulating the business of petty loan brokers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That three new sections be added to Article 56 of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Licenses," sub-title "Brok-
ers," to be known as sections 21A, 21B and 21C, and to read
as follows:

21 A. Any person, firm, corporation or association applying
for the same and paying the sum of $50.00 may obtain a