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charged or not), to employ, engage or allow any female sitters (or by
whatever other name they may be called) in or about said entertainment
or concert hall, building, room or premises; and all females who are al-
lowed in or about the said premises who shall drink, smoke or partake of
any kind of eatables or refreshments at the expense of others, or solicit
others to purchase such things as may be purchased there, upon which they
shall receive or expect to receive a commission, or who may be paid a
regular salary therefor, or who participate in any way in the profits
thereof, shall be deemed sitters under this section.

An. Code, sec. 129. 1904, sec. 117. 1888, sec. 86. 1886, ch. 171, sec. 2.

149. Any person convicted of a violation of the preceding section shall
be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars, or be confined in jail or the house of correction for a period of not
less than two months nor more than twelve months, or be both fined and
imprisoned, in the discretion of the court, for each offense; and every
female sitter employed, engaged or allowed in and about said premises
shall be considered a separate offense under said section.

Fish.

An. Code, sec. 130. 1908, ch. 128.

150. Any person or persons taking and carrying away fish belonging
to another person, firm or corporation, with intent to convert the same to
their own use, from any boat, live box, or in the pocket or crib of any
pound net or inclosed or gilled in a fish-net of any kind, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon trial and conviction shall be fined a sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars, or sentenced to the county jail in the
county where he shall be first brought for trial, or to the Maryland House
of Correction, for a period not exceeding two years, or both fine and
imprisonment.

As to " Fish and Fisheries," see art. 39.

Foodstuffs—Cornering.

An. Code, sec. 130A. 1917, ch. 7.

151. Any person carrying on or employed in intrastate trade in any
article suitable for human food who, either in his individual capacity or
as an officer, agent or employee of a corporation, or member of a partner-
ship, carrying on or employed in such trade, shall store any such article
for the purpose of cornering the market or increasing the price above
the market price thereof, or for the purpose of limiting the supply thereof
to the public, whether temporarily or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty
of a felony, and punished by imprisonment for not less than six months
nor more than three years.

Fraud—Bills of Lading.

An. Code, sec. 131. 1904, sec. 118. 1888, sec. 87. 1876, ch. 262, sec. 5.

152. No person or corporation, or agent or officer of any person or cor-
poration in this State shall issue any bill of lading, receipt, acknowledg-