ART. 27] ABDUCTION. 309

1904, art. 27, sec. 2. 1888, art. 27, sec. 2. 1876, ch. 324, sec. 2.

2. Any person who shall without the color of right forcibly abduct,
take or carry away any child under the age of twelve years from the
home or usual place of abode of such child, or from the custody and
control of the parent or parents, or lawful guardian or guardians of such
child, or be accessory thereto, or who shall without such color of right
and against the consent of the parent or parents or lawful guardian or
guardians of such child, persuade or entice from the usual place of
abode or house of such child, or from the custody and control of the
parent or parents, or guardian or guardians of such child, or be acces-
sory thereto, or shall knowingly secrete or harbor such child, or be acces-
sory thereto, with the intent to deprive such parent or parents, guardian
or guardians, or any person who may be in lawful possession of such
child, of the custody, care and control of such child, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall suffer imprisonment in the
penitentiary for a term not exceeding twenty years, in the discretion
of the court.

Abortion.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1888, art, 27, sec. 3. 1868, ch. 179, see. 2.

3. Any person who shall knowingly advertise, print, publish, dis-
tribute or circulate, or knowingly cause to be advertised, printed, pub-
lished, distributed or circulated, any pamphlet, printed paper, book,
newspaper notice, advertisement or reference containing words or lan-
guage giving or conveying any notice, hint or reference to any person,
or to the name of any person, real or fictitious, from whom, or to any
place, house, shop or office, where any poison, drug, mixture, prepara-
tion, medicine or noxious thing, or any instrument or means whatever,
for the purpose of producing abortion, can be procured, or who shall
knowingly sell, or cause to be sold any such poison, drug, mixture, prep-
aration, medicine or noxious thing or instrument of any kind whatever;
or from whom any advice, direction, information or knowledge may
be obtained for the purpose of causing the miscarriage or abortion of
any woman pregnant with child, at any period of her pregnancy, or shall
knowingly sell or cause to be sold any medicine, or who shall knowingly
use or cause to be used any means whatsoever for that purpose, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than three
years, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than
one thousand dollars, or by both, in the discretion of the court; and in
case of fine being imposed, one-half thereof shall be paid to the State of
Maryland, and one-half to the school fund of the city or county where
the offense was committed; provided, however, that nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed so as to prohibit the supervision and manage-
ment by a regular practitioner of medicine of all cases of abortion
occurring spontaneously, either as the result of accident, constitutional
debility, or any other natural cause, or the production of abortion by a
regular practitioner of medicine when, after consulting with one or