944 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 6.39]

fineness of any such article mentioned in this seqtion, accord-
ing to the foregoing standards, the part of the article taken for
the test, analysis or assay, shall be such part or portion as does
not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of
inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of su
article, and provided further and in addition to the foregoing
tests and standards, that the actual fineness of the entire quant-
ity of metal purporting to be silver contained in any article
mentioned in this section, including all solder or alloy of infer-
ior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of any such
article (all such silver, alloy or solder being assayed as one
piece) shall not be less by more than 10-1000ths parts than
the fineness indicated according to the foregoing standards, by
the mark stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon such
article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon
any box, package, cover or wrapper in which said article ie
encased or enclosed.

SEC. 188. Any person, firm, corporation or association, who
or which makes for sale, or sells or offers to sell or dispose of,
or has in his, her or its possession with intent to sell or dispose
of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of
inferior metal having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or
otherwise affixed thereto a plate, plating, covering or sheet of
gold or of any alloy of gold, and which article is known in the
market as "rolled gold plate," "gold plate," "gold filled," or
"gold electroplate," or by any similar designation, and having
stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any
tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package,
cover or wrapper in which said article is encased or enclosed,
any word or mark usually employed to indicate the fineness of
gold, unless said word be accompanied by other words plainly
indicating that such article or some part thereof is made of
rolled gold plate, or gold plate, or gold electroplate, or is gold
filled, as the case may be, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 189. Any person, firm, corporation or association,
who or which makes for sale, or sells, or offers to sell or dispose
of, or has in his, her or its possession with intent to sell or dis-
pose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part
of inferior metal having deposited or plated thereon or brazed
or otherwise affixed thereto, a plate, plating, covering or sheet
of silver or of any alloy of silver, and which article is known
in the market as "silver plate" or "silver electroplate," or by
any similar designation, and having stamped, branded, engraved
or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card or label attached