ART. 27] FRAUD. 377

article is known in the market as "silver plate" or "silver electroplate,"
or by any similar designation, and having stamped, .branded, engraved
or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto,
or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which said article is

encased or enclosed the word "sterling" or the word "coin," either
alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.

1904, art. 27, sec. 190. 1900, ch. 308, sec. 1191. 1912, ch. 639.

208. Every person, firm, corporation or association guilty of a vio-
lation of any one of the preceding sections of this sub-title, and every
officer, manager, director or managing agent of any such person, firm,

corporation or association directly participating in such violation or

consenting thereto, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500
or imprisonment for not more than three months, or both, at the dis-
cretion of the Court; provided, that if the person charged with viola-
lion of this sub-title shall prove that the article concerning which the

charge is made was manufactured prior to the first day of July, 1912,
then the charge shall be dismissed; provided, that nothing contained
in this sub-title shall be construed so as to affect any presentment,
indictment or prosecution commenced or pending prior to July 1, 1912.

Fraud—Upon Turnpikes.

Ibid. sec. 193. 1890, ch. 442.

209. If any person or persons shall, with intent, to defraud any
turnpike or other company authorized by law to receive tolls for use of
its roads, pass through any private gate or bars, or along any grounds
near said road, to avoid any tollgate and escape payment of tolls, or
shall practice any fraudulent means to lessen and avoid the payment
of any just tolls, or shall refuse to pay tolls he is bound by law to pay,

each and every such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one nor more than
twenty-five dollars, and upon failure to pay said fine shall be impri-
soned not more than five days; provided, however, that nothing herein

contained shall prohibit persons from passing upon any turnpike or
toll road from one point to another between the gates upon said pike

or road, nor shall prohibit persons owning lands adjacent to any toll-
gate from using or crossing the same for their own private purpose.*
As to "Turnpike Companies," see article 23, section 382, et seq.

*Section 194 of article 27 of the Code of 1904, was held in State v. Gambrill,
115 Md. 507, to have been repealed by the act of 1910, chapters 336 and 406 (the
Uniform Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipt Acts—see articles 14 and 14A).
Section 194 of the Code of 1904 was repealed and re-enacted by the act of 1908,
ch. 319; while the case of State v. Gambrill makes no mention of the act of 1908,
it was decided in 1911, and presumably the act of 1908, ch. 319, as well as section
194 of the Code of 1904, was repealed by the acts of 1910. As to section 194 of
the Code of 1904, see section 131 and notes. As to "Warehouse Receipts," see
article 14A.