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exceeding ten years, or shall be fined not more than 'five thousand dollars,
or both fine and imprisonment, as the Court may in its discretion de-
termine.

Fraud—Corporate Misrepresentation.

An. Code, sec. 148. 1904, sec. 134. 1888, sec. 97. 1878, ch. 170.

170. Any officer or agent whatsoever of any corporation who shall
fraudulently sign, or in any other manner assent to any statement or pub-
lication, either for the public or the shareholders thereof, containing un-
truthful representations of its affairs, assets or liabilities with a view
either to enhance or depress the market value of the shares therein, or the
value of its corporate obligations, or in any other manner to accomplish
any fraud thereby, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, by indictment in any court of law, shall be fined not
less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, and
be imprisoned in jail or penitentiary, or either fined or imprisoned, at the
discretion of the court, for not less than six months nor more than three
years.

As to the " Blue Sky " law, see art. 32A, see. 11.

Fraud—Drugs.

An. Code, sec. 149. 1904, sec. 135. 1902, ch. 121, sec. 119A.

171. Any person or corporation engaged in the business of selling
drugs, medicines, chemicals or preparations for medical use or of com-
pounding or dispensing physicians' prescriptions, who shall, in person or
by his or its agents or employes, or as agent or employe of some other
person, knowingly sell or deliver to any person a drug, medicine, chemi-
cal preparation for medicinal use, recognized or authorized by the latest
edition of the United States pharmacopoea, or prepared according to the
private formula of some individual or firm, other or different from the
drug, medicine, chemical or preparation for medicinal use, recognized or
authorized by the latest edition of the United States pharmacopoea, or
prepared according to the private formula of some individual or firm,
ordered or called for by such person, or called for in a physician's prescrip-
tion, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars, or by not less than one month nor more than twelve
months' imprisonment, or by both, and any person so convicted shall for-
feit the right to practice pharmacy under any certificate or registration
issued under the laws of this State.

As to pharmacies and matters in connection therewith, see art. 43, sec. 228, et seq.

Fraud—False Insignia.

An. Code, sec. 150. 1904, sec. 136. 1890, ch. 214, sec. 119A.

172. Any person who shall wilfully wear the insignia or rosette of the
military order of the loyal legion of the United States, or badge or button
of the Grand Army of the Republic, or use the same to obtain aid or assis-