ART. 27] FRAUD. 363

Fraud—Insurance Companies, by Directors or Officers of.

1904, art. 27, sec. 145. 1898, ch. 320, sec. 119B.

162. Any director or officer of any insurance company, or associa-
tion, or fraternal beneficiary association, who shall receive any pre-
mium or assessment on behalf of said company, association or fraternal
beneficiary association, knowing at the time of the receipt of said pre-
mium or assessment said company, association or fraternal beneficiary
association to be insolvent, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding six
months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Fraud—Itinerant Vendors.

Ibid. sec. 146. 1892, ch. 596, sec. 1.

163. The words "itinerant vendors," for the purposes of this sub-
title, shall be construed to mean and include all persons, both principals
and agents, who engage in a temporary or transient business in this;
State, either in one or more places in one locality, or in traveling from
place to place, selling goods, wares and merchandise, and who, for the
purpose of carrying on such business, hire, lease or occupy any build-
ing or structure for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares and
merchandise.

Ibid. sec. 147. 1892, ch. 596, sec. 2,

164. The provisions of this sub-title shall not apply to sales made
to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents in the usual course
of business nor to bona fide sales of goods, wares and merchandise by
sample for future delivery nor to hawkers on the streets or peddlers
from vehicles.

Ibid. sec. 148. 1892, ch. 596, sec. 3.

165. Every itinerant vendor who shall sell or expose for sale at
public or private sale any goods, wares and merchandise without State
and local licenses therefor, issued as provided in this sub-title, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or
both such fine and imprisonment.

Ibid. sec. 149. 1892, ch. 596, sec. 4.

166. All persons, both principals and agents, who shall by circular
handbill, newspaper or in any other manner advertise any such sales as
those referred to in the section last preceding, before proper licenses
shall be issued to the vendor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment
not exceeding sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Ibid. sec. 150. 1892, ch. 596, sec. 5.

167. It shall be the duty of every itinerent vendor, whether prin-
cipal or agent, before commencing business, to take out a State license