ART. 27] FRAUD. 373

defrauded by such false or fraudulent pedigree, or record or statement,
may sue for and recover in any court of competent jurisdiction, such
damage as may be shown to have been sustained by reason of such false
and fraudulent representation.

1904, art. 27, sec. 179. 1892, ch. 419, sec. 3. 1904, ch. 54. 1908, ch. 46.

197. Whenever the owner or agent of an owner or owners of any
stallion or jackass shall have complied with .the foregoing provisions of
this sub-title, the services of such stallion or jackass shall become a lien
on each mare served, together with the foal resulting from said service,
for the amount agreed upon between the owner of the mare and the
owner of the stallion or jackass at the time of the service, or in the event
of no such agreement, then in such an amount as is specified for the
service of such stallion or jackass in the statement hereinbefore required
to be filed with the clerks of courts of the respective counties or of Bal-
timore city.

Ibid. sec. 180. 1904, ch. 54, sec. 3A. 1908, ch. 46. .

198.* Any person entitled to a lien under this sub-title, shall file a
claim or statement of the same in the office of the clerk of the court for
the county where the owner of the mare resides, or if such owner is a
resident of Baltimore city, then such lien shall be filed in the office of
the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City; provided, that the
statement of said lien shall be filed within twelve months from the date
of the service of the stallion or jackass for which the lien is claimed,
and that the lien shall terminate at the end of six months from the date
of the filing of the same; and for the proper recording of said liens the
clerks of the circuit courts for the several counties and the clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City shall keep a docket, to be called the
"Stallion or Jackass Lien Docket," in which shall be recorded all liens
filed in their respective counties or city.

Ibid. sec. 181. 1904, ch. 54, sec. 3B.

199. The procedings to recover the amount of any lien filed under
this sub-title, shall be by writ of scire facias, and where the amount
of the lien is less than one hundred dollars, such writ of scire facias'
may be issued by any justice of the peace of the county or city where
(he lien is recorded, upon a certified copy thereof, and shall be return-
able before the justice of the peace issuing the same.

Ibid. sec. 182. 1892, ch. 419, sec. 4.

200. It is hereby made unlawful for any person or persons know1
ingly to enter or cause to be entered for competition, or to compete for
any purse, prize, premium, stake or sweepstake offered or given by any
agricultural or other society, association or person or persons in the

*This section was repealed and re-enacted as to Dorchester County by the act
of 1910, ch. 660 (p. 91), and as to Kent County by the act of 1914, ch. 58.