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the same, and shall immediately report such condition to the
Health Commissioner, or to some legally qualified physician
in the city, town or county wherein the infant is cared for. Any
person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall,
on conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed five dollars.

55L. Any person who shall violate any of the other provi-
sions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less
than five dollars, nor more than ten dollars, and for a third
conviction shall in addition to the other penalties herein pro-
vided, forfeit his or her license to practice midwifery.

55M. Any midwife who shall be convicted of producing an
abortion or inducing premature labor, shall, in addition to the
penalties already provided by law, forfeit at once his or her
license to practice midwifery.

55N. Any person other than a regularly licensed physician
who shall attend a woman in childbirth, for hire, or who shall
make a practice of attending women in childbirth, shall be
regarded as a midwife within the meaning of this act.

55O. Nothing in this act shall be taken as amending or
abridging the right of the Mayor and City Council of the City
of Baltimore to make such additional rules and regulations as
they may deem necessary or proper to regulate the practice of
midwifery in Baltimore City.

55P. The State Board of Health shall be charged with the
duty of rendering effective the provisions of this act and shall
institute proceedings in the proper courts of this State for the
enforcement of the penalties made and provided in this act.
It shall be the duty of all county health officers to furnish full
and prompt information of any violations of the provisions of
this act within their respective jurisdictions. Such county
health officers are authorized and empowered to institute pro-
ceedings in any of the proper courts of this State for the
enforcement of the penalties provided by this act and in such
case they shall furnish prompt and full reports of their actions
and of the judgment of the court in which such actions shall be
tried.

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

SECY 3. And be it enacted, That Chapter 722, Acts of the

General Assembly of 1910, entitled "An Act to provide for the

registration and licensing of midwives in the State of Maryland,

and to provide certain educational qualifications for persons

practicing as midwives, and for other purposes connected with