ART. 27] CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 425

1904, art. 27, sec. 326. 1888, art. 27, sec. 146. 1886, ch. 371, sec. 2. 1890, ch. 496.

355. Any person or persons or body corporate being a manufac-
turer, dealer, vendor as aforesaid, or any other person or persons or
body corporate violating the provisions of the preceding section, shall,
upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be
fined in a sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred

dollars for each and every offense, or imprisoned in jail for not less
than five nor more than thirty days in default of payment of said fine.

Ibid. sec. 327. 1888, art 27, sec. 147. 1886, ch. 371, sec. 3.

356. Of all fines accruing under the provisions of the preceding
section in the several counties of this State, the moiety or one-half part
shall be applied to the support and maintenance of the pauper insane
of the respective counties; and in the city of Baltimore, said moiety
or one-half part of said fines so imposed as herein provided shall be

distributed in equal proportions among the different dispensaries in
said city.

Minors—Selling Deadly Weapons to.

Ibid. sec. 328. 1888, art. 27, sec. 209. 1882, ch. 424, sec. 2.

357. It shall be unlawful for any person, be he licensed dealer or
not, to sell, barter or give away any firearms whatsoever, or other deadly
weapons, except shot guns, fowling pieces and rifles, to any minor under
the age of twenty-one years. Any person violating this section shall on

conviction thereof pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two
hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution; and upon fail-
tire to pay said fine and costs shall be committed to jail and confined
therein until such fine and costs are paid, or for the period of sixty

days, whichever shall first occur.

Minors—Telegrams, Calling for and Delivering.

1910, ch. 587 (p. 66).

358. No telegraph, telephone or messenger company* employ any

person under fourteen years of age to call for or deliver any message.

This and the following section are a duplicate of article 23, section 375.

1910, ch. 587 (p. 66).

359. No telegraph, telephone or messenger company shall require

or permit any person in its employ under sixteen years of age to call for
or deliver any telegram or other message between the hours of eight
o'clock P. M. and eight o'clock A. M.

1910, ch. 587 (p. 66).

360. No telegraph, telephone or messenger company shall require

or permit any minor person in its employ to call for or deliver any tele-
gram or other message at or to any house of ill repute or questionable

*The word "shall" is evidently inadvertently omitted in the act.