1180 ARTICLE 4.

1910, ch. 693.

691-I. The said Board of Examiners shall be paid a per diem of five
dollars ($5.00) for each day actually in session, and shall pay the ex-
pense of maintaining their office out of the proceeds derived from licenses
and renewals, including office rent, salary, etc.; and no money shall be
paid from the State Treasury for any expense of this Board; any surplus
which may exist at the end of the term of the said Board shall be re-
turned to the Treasurer of the State; the said Board shall meet as often
as necessary for the proper transaction of its business, and shall give at
least five days' notice in some daily newspaper published in Baltimore
City of the time and place of meeting for the purpose of examining appli-
cants; said Board shall meet once in each month; and all licenses and
renewals of licenses shall expire on the first day of May of each year.
State v. Loden, 117 Md. 373.

PAWNBROKERS.

1880, ch. 104. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 655.

692. All pawnbrokers in the City of Baltimore shall keep or cause to
be kept, in a suitable book or books to be provided by them for that pur-
pose, an accurate account showing the date of each deposit made with
them in the course of their business, and of each purchase made by them
in the course of their business, of any and all personal property, so de-
scribed as to identify the said personal property so deposited or sold; and
showing also the sum of money advanced thereon or paid therefor, the
time for which any such deposit was agreed to be kept, and the name of
the depositor or seller of such personal property, and his place of business
or abode; and such entries shall be made by such pawnbrokers immedi-
ately upon the making of any such transaction; such book, and the per-
sonal properties so deposited or purchased, shall be subject at all times
to the inspection of such agent or officer as may be designated for that
purpose by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and also to the
inspection of the Chief Inspector of Police for the City of Baltimore,
and of such officer as he may designate for that purpose; and all pawn-
brokers who shall omit, neglect or refuse to provide and keep such book,
or to enter therein forthwith as aforesaid an account of all deposits made
with and purchases made by them, as aforesaid, with all the particulars
thereof, as hereinbefore required, or who shall enter incorrectly in such
book any such account of deposit made with them, or purchases made
by them, as aforesaid, or who shall refuse to exhibit any of such books
and properties so deposited or purchased, if in their possession or under
their control upon demand of any of the officers empowered or authorized
as aforesaid to make such inspection, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less
than twenty dollars, or an imprisonment of not less than thirty days, or
io both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.