ART. 27] CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 458

Toy Balloons.

1914, ch. 62.

450. It shall be unlawful for any person within this State to sell,
buy, barter, trade, give away, have in possession, send up, or cause to
ascend, any toy balloon containing in or about it any fire, fuse, wick,
lighted object, or object intended to be lighted; this Section to have no
application, however, to balloons in or with which one or more persons
ascend. Any person violating this Section shall on conviction thereof
pay a fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars, together with the
costs of prosecution, and upon failure 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.

Toy Pistols.

1904, art. 27, sec. 398. 1888, art. 27, sec. 258. 1882, ch. 424, sec. 1.

451. It shall be unlawful for any person within this State to manu-
facture or to sell, barter or give away the cartridge toy pistol to any one
whomsoever. Any person violating this section shall on conviction
thereof pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dol-
lars, together with the costs of prosecution, and upon failure 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.

Traction Engines.

Ibid. sec. 399. 1888, art. 27, sec. 259. 1884, ch. 170, sec. 1. 1906, ch. 474 1/2.

452. Every traction engine, when propelled by steam upon or over
any public road in this State shall be accompanied by at least two men,
whose duty it shall be to conduct the engine as to cause as little alarm
as possible to horses, or other draft animals, ridden, driven or led upon
such road, and to render at all times all reasonable assistance to persons
so riding, driving or leading horses, or other draft animals, upon such

road.

This and the following section referred to in a negligence case growing
out of the frightening of horses by a traction engine. Miller v. Addison,
96 Md. 733 (decided prior to the act of 1906, chapter 474 1/2).

Ibid. sec. 400. 1888, art. 27. sec. 260. 1884. ch. 170, sec. 2. 1906, ch. 474 1/2.

453. The person in charge of said engine, at a signal or request of
any person riding a horse, or of any person leading or driving a horse,
or other draft animal, becoming alarmed by said engine, shall go as far
as practicable to the side of the road and remain stationary until said
horse or horses, or other draft animal, have passed to a safe distance, in
the meantime making as little noise as possible with the steam.
See note to section 452.

Ibid. sec. 401. 1888, art. 27, sec. 261. 1884, ch. 170, sec. 3. 1906, ch. 474 1/2.

454. One of the men accompanying such engine shall, upon the ap-
proach of a horse or horses, or other draft animal, precede such engine