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shall forge or counterfeit any such certificate with the intent of putting
the same in circulation, on conviction thereof he shall be sentenced to
the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years.

1904, art. 27, sec. 55. 1888, art. 27, sec. 46. 1860, art 30, sec. 38. 1882, ch. 240.

61. If any person shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, or
cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or
shall willingly aid or assist in falsely making, altering, forging or coun-
terfeiting, or shall utter or pass, knowing it to be falsely made, altered,
forged, or counterfeited, any metallic check, card or other substance or
device used or intended to be used by any person engaged in hermeti-
cally sealing or canning fruits, vegetables or other articles of food in
this State, as an evidence of indebtedness from or by any person engaged
in preserving foods as aforesaid, to any person employed by him, her
or them, or used as an evidence or record of the state of accounts exist-
ing between the said employer and any of his employes, he shall be
deemed a felon, and on conviction in any court in this State be sen-
tenced to the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.

Ibid. sec. 56. 1892, ch. 545.

62. If any person shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, or
cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited,
or shall willingly aid or assist in falsely making, altering, forging or
counterfeiting, or shall utter or pass, knowing it to be falsely made,
altered, forged or counterfeited, any order, paper, letter writing, pre-
scription, recipe or other device purporting to have been made by a
regular practising physician, for any drugs, medicines, spirituous or
fermented liquors, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction in any court in this State shall be sentenced to the jail, the
house of correction or penitentiary, for not less than six months nor
more than two years, in the discretion of the court. If upon trial of any
person charged with, or indicted for such misdemeanor, it shall appear
that he paid for, or offered or promised to pay for, the drugs, medicine,
spirituous liquor or fermented liquor obtained by means of such falsely
made, altered, forged or counterfeited order, paper, letter writing, pre-
scription, recipe or other device purporting to have been made by a
regular practising physician, he shall not by reason thereof be acquitted
of such misdemeanor.

Cruelty to Animals.

Ibid. sec. 57. 1890, eh. 198, sec. 1.

63. Any person who wilfully sets on foot, instigates, engages in, or
in any way furthers any act of cruelty to any animal, or any act tend-
ing to produce such cruelty, or by any act, conduct, neglect or omission
wilfully causes, permits or suffers any animal to undergo any species of
torture or cruelty, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

The act of 1890, ch. 198, superseded the act of 1880, ch. 129, applicable
to Baltimore City. An indictment under this section held sufficient. When