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Perjury.

1927, ch. 491.

451A. Any person employed by the State Board of Agriculture, the
University of Maryland, or any department or branch thereof, to inspect
and/or test cows and/or the quantity and quality of milk, who shall wil-
fully make any false oath or affirmation with respect to the production
record of any cow, shall be deemed guilty of perjury. If any such person
shall make oath or affirmation to two statements, one contradicting the
other, with respect to the production record of any cow, and shall make oath
or affirmation wilfully and falsely, it shall be sufficient, in order to convict,
to allege and prove that one of the said contradictory statements is or must
be false and wilful, without specifying which one.

Rape.

468.

Indictment under this section need not aver that traverser is above eighteen
years of age. Indictment upheld. Foxwell v. State, 146 Md. 92.

Receiving Stolen Goods, Money or Securities.

470.

No new offense was created by act 1918; indictment need not allege name of
thief or person from whom property received. Henze v. State, 154 Md. 335.

Refuse—Throwing or Dumping.

1927, ch. 672.

475A. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, dump, or deposit
any trash, junk or other refuse upon the land or property of another with-
out the written consent first had and obtained of the owner thereof, or
under the personal direction of such owner; or to throw, dump or deposit
any trash, junk or other refuse upon any public highway of Prince George's
County or Montgomery County, and any violation of this section shall con-
stitute a misdemeanor and any person convicted thereof before a Justice
of the Peace or Court of proper jurisdiction shall be punishable by a fine
of not less than $5. 00 or more than $50. 00, or by imprisonment of not less
than thirty (30) or more than (90) days, or both.

Rivers.

480.

Right conferred by this section applies during ownership and passes to suc-
ceeding owner; right of one under contract with owner ceases upon transfer of
ownership. Such right is in nature of license or privilege revocable by Legisla-
ture. Smoot S. & G. Co. v. Columbia Corp., 146 Md. 387.

Robbery.

1927, ch. 457.

481A. Every person convicted of the crime of robbery or attempt to

rob with a dangerous or deadly weapon or accessory thereto, shall restore
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