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word or words indicating that.such business is the business of a banking
institution. Any person, or persons violating any of the provisions of
this section, either individually or as an interested party in any co-part-
nership or corporation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic-
tion thereof shall be fined in a sum not more than one thousand dollars,
or by imprisonment not more than one year, or by both fine and im-
prisonment ; the provisions of this section shall only apply to all persons,
co-partnerships or corporations engaged in the business in incorporated
towns or cities of the State, of at least ten thousand inhabitants.

1912, ch. 194, sec. 77.

78. Said Bank Commissioner may appoint an attorney to perform
such duties as he may be required by said Bank Commissioner, and
receive such compensation as may be approved by the Board of Public
Works of the State.

1912, ch. 194, sec. 2.

79. All acts and parts of acts of which the Act of 1912, Chapter 194,
is amendatory, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of said act are hereby repealed; and also all charters of institu-
tions which are subject to the provisions of said act heretofore granted
by the General Assembly of Maryland where the franchises shall not
have been availed of to the extent of forming a complete organization
and establishing an office by the first day of January, 1914, are hereby
repealed.