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conviction thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than
one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment in the county jail in the
county in which the misdemeanor is committed for not less than ten days
nor more than sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the dis-
cretion of the Court. Justices of Peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with the Circuit Courts over prosecutions for violations of this section.

Fraud—Butter—Oleomargarine.

156.

Indictment charging accused of selling substitute for butter and using words
of statute, is sufficient without giving specific description or name of substitute.
Hicken v. State, 146 Md. 252.

157.

This section applies to the branding or marking of retail as well as wholesale
packages. Hicken v. State, 146 Md. 363.

158.

See notes to secs. 156 and 157.

159.

See notes to secs. 156 and 157.

Fraud—Electric Storage Batteries.

1927, ch. 472, sec. 171A.

171A. It shall be unlawful for any person, co-partnership or corpora-
tion other than the owner thereof to remove, deface, alter, destroy or cause
to be removed, defaced, altered or destroyed the word "rental" or any
word, mark, device or character printed, painted, stamped, burned or other-
wise placed upon or attached to any electric storage battery for the purpose
of identifying the ownership thereof.

1927, ch. 472, sec. 171B.

171B. It shall be unlawful for any person, co-partnership or corpora-
tion, other than the owner thereof, to sell, dispose of, deliver, give, or
attempt to sell, dispose of, deliver or give to any person, co-partnership or
corporation other than the owner thereof any electric storage battery upon
or to which the word "rental" or any word, mark, device, or character is
printed, painted, stamped, burned, or otherwise placed or attached, for the
purpose of identifying the ownership thereof.

1927, ch. 472, sec. 171C.

171C. It shall be unlawful for any person, co-partnership or corpora-
tion to recharge, except in cases of emergency or with the consent of the
owner thereof, or his or its duly authorized agent, servant or employee, any
electric storage battery owned by any other person, co-partnership or cor-
poration upon or to which the word "rental" or any word, mark, device or