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sold and be presented to the buyer, who shall sign his name on the back of
said permission and set forth the date received. The buyer shall also
furnish two statements; one to the landlord and one to the tenant, setting
forth in both statements the kind of tobacco, the weight, the price paid
and date received. The permission endorsed ais aforesaid shall be returned
to the giver. Any buyer or receiver of tobacco as aforesaid failing to
comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction before any justice of the peace of the
county in which he resides, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars
($50.00), nor more than ($100.00) one hundred dollars, or be confined
in the county jail for not less than three (3) months, nor more-than six
(6) months.

1918, ch. 194, sec. 3.

484. Any person or persons not a bona fide farmer or licensed buyer
and seller of tobacco, wishing to sell any leaf tobacco in Anne Arundel
or the adjoining counties, grown or raised by him or her on his or her
lot of ground not a farm, shall before doing so appear in person before a
justice of the peace of the county in which he or she resides and obtain a
permission, which shall be issued to him free to sell or dispose of said
tobacco. The permission issued shall set forth the kind of tobacco, the
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 483.

1918, ch. 194, sec. 4.

485. Any person or persons buying any leaf tobacco in Anne Arundel
or the adjoining counties, contrary to the provisions set forth in the
different 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 482.

1918, ch. 194, sec. 5.

486. 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.