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weight (if known), the name of the party applying for the same and date
issued. Said permit shall accompany said tobacco to the buyer, who shall
write his name and date when presented on the back of said permission,
and also the weight and kind of tobacco received by him, and return said
permission to the issuing justice of the peace to be kept by him for one
year. Any person or persons as aforesaid, failing to comply with the
provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be on conviction before any justice of the peace of the county sub-
jected to the fine and penalties as set forth in Section 980.

1918, ch. 194, sec. 4.

982. Any person or persons buying any leaf tobacco in Anne Arundel
or the adjoining counties, contrary to the provisions set forth in the differ-
ent sections of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction before the court of the county in which tobacco is bought, shall
be subject to the fines and penalties set forth in Section 979.

1918, ch. 194, sec. 5.

983. Nothing in this Act shall be so construed so as to prevent any
bona fide farmer from selling his tobacco raised and grown by him or
her upon his or her farm in any manner, nor shall it prevent any person
or persons from selling or buying crops or parts of unstripped crops of
tobacco hanging in barns nor from packing, shipping and selling tobacco
in hogsheads, as has been the custom.

TRESPASS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 17, sec. 306. 1912 Code, sec. 589.

984. If any person residing out of the State shall commit any trespass
whatever upon the lands within Prince George's county with dog or gun,
and shall not immediately leave said premises upon notice from the owner
or occupant thereof, such person shall upon conviction before a justice of
the peace of said county be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty
dollars, in the discretion of the justice, and in default of payment may be
committed to the county jail until the payment of fine and costs, and
the said justice may also, in his discretion, hold the offender to bail for
his appearance before the next Circuit Court for said county, and upon
presentment and conviction before said Court, the offender may be con-
fined in the county jail for not loss than ten nor more than thirty days,
in the discretion of the Court.

1890, ch. 306, sec. 306A. 1912 Code, sec. 590.

985. If any person shall wilfully, wantonly, recklessly or maliciously
set fire to any stubble, grass, leaves or other combustible material whereby
any fencing, crops, wood, timber, outhouses, dwellings or other property
shall be injured or destroyed, such peson shall (in addition to his civil
liability for such damages) be also deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof before any Court of competent jurisdiction shall