1990 ARTICLE 56.

Shows of Agricultural Fair Associations.

An. Code, sec. 117. 1904, sec. 115. 1894, ch. 427.

155. Any agricultural fair association duly incorporated under the
laws of the State may hold on its grounds one annual exhibition not
exceeding six days without the payment of any license to the State of Mary-
land, city or county where held; and any person or persons, association or
organized company to whom said agricultural fair association shall grant
the privilege to sell, barter, show, exhibit or in any way conduct any
lawful business on the grounds of said agricultural association during any
of its exhibitions shall in the manner and during the time of said exhibi-
tions be exempt from the payment of any State, county or municipal
license.

As to horse races, see art. 78B.

Stallions.

An. Code, sec. 118. 1904, sec. 116. 1888, sec. 99. 1841, ch. 194, sec. 5.

156. The owner or keeper of every stallion or jackass shall, before
permitted to stand such animal, pay to the clerk of the circuit court for
some one of the counties in this State the highest sum which he intends
to ask or receive for the season of one mare; and the receipt of the said
clerk with the seal of his court attached thereto for said sum shall be the
license for standing such stallion or jackass for one year from the date
thereof; provided that in no case shall the sum directed to be paid by this
section for such license be less than ten dollars; and that every stallion or
jackass upon which the said tax is paid shall be exempt from all other
State tax.

As to fraud in connection with stallions, see art. 27, sec. 221, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 119. 1904, sec. 117. 1888, sec. 100. 1841, ch. 194, sec. 5.

157. Any owner or keeper standing any stallion or jackass without a
license shall forfeit and pay twice the sum authorized and required to be
paid in the preceding section, one-half to the State and the other half to
the informer.

An. Code, sec. 120. 1904, sec. 118. 1888, sec. 101. 1841, ch. 194, sec. 5.

158. Upon information being given upon oath to the sheriff of any
county in which such animal is standing that the owner or keeper is
standing such animal without license, the sheriff shall distrain for the
same by seizing such stallion or jackass and make sale of the same for the
amount thus forfeited.

Telegraph and Express Companies.

An. Code, sec. 121. 1904, sec. 119. 1888, sec. 102. 1872, ch. 355. 1874, ch. 370, sec. 4.

159. It shall not be lawful for any telegraph company or for any
person, firm, partnership or corporation to do the business of telegraphing