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upon any loans made by said pawn-broker under "the provisions
of this act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person or per-
sons, firm or corporation who shall engage in the business of
loaning money upon personal property and shall charge there-
for under any pretext whatsoever any sum in excess of the usual
legal rate of interest without first taking out a pawn-broker's
license shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
trial and conviction shall be punished by a fine of one hundred
dollars for the first offense and by a like fine and also by impris-
onment in jail for thirty days for the second and each sub-
sequent offense against the provisions of this statute. Any
licensed pawn-broker who shall in any way or by any subterfuge
or device violate any of the provisions of this statute upon trial
and conviction shall be punishable by a fine of one hundred
dollars for the first offense and a like fine and also by imprison-
ment in jail for thirty days for a second and each subsequent
offense. One-half of the fine hereby imposed shall be paid to
the informer or person causing the arrest and conviction.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the
same are hereby repealed in so far as they relate to Allegany
county.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 465.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the College of St. James, in
Washington county, Maryland, so as to authorize and
empower the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the Diocese of Maryland to establish upon the property
belonging to the said corporation a Diocesan School for Boys.

WHEREAS, At a meeting of the Trustees of the College of St.
James, held in the City of Baltimore, on the 27th day of
May, 1911, it was resolved by the said Trustees that the
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Dio-
cese of Maryland be requested to declare that it would estab-
lish upon the property belonging to said College in Washing-
ton county, Maryland, a Diocesan School for Boys when and