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nected with any fire alarm telegraph or by means of telephone or telegraph
system, or by any other means or 'method. Any person violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon convic-
tion thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars, nor
more than five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding twelve
months, or to both fine and imprisonment.

Fish.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 150. 1912, sec. 130. 1908, ch. 128.

.164. Any person or persons taking and carrying away fish belonging
to another person, firm or corporation, with intent to convert the same. to
their own use, from any boat, live box, or in the pocket or crib of any
pound net or inclosed or gilled in a fish net of any kind, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon trial and conviction shall be fined a sura not
exceeding one hundred dollars, or sentenced to the county jail in the
county where he shall be first brought for trial, or to the Maryland House
of Correction, for a period not exceeding two years, or both fine and
imprisonment.

As to "Fish and Fisheries," see art. 39.

Foodstuffs—Cornering.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 151. 1912, sec. 130A. 1917, ch. 7.

165. Any person carrying on or employed in intrastate trade in any
article suitable for human food who, either in his individual capacity or
as an officer, agent or employee of a corporation, or member of a partner-
ship, carrying on or employed in such trade, shall store any such article
for the purpose of cornering the market or increasing the price above
the market price thereof, or for the purpose of limiting the supply thereof
to the public, whether temporarily or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty
of a felony, and punished by imprisonment for not less than six months
nor more than three years.

Fraud—Bills of Lading.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 152. 1912, sec. 131. 1904, sec. 118. 1888, sec. 87. 1876, ch. 262, sec. 5.

166. No person or corporation, or agent or officer of any person or cor-
poration in this S.tate shall issue any bill of lading, receipt, acknowledg-
ment or voucher whatsoever, for goods, chattels or. commodities of any
kind, to be transported on land or water,, or on both, or any receipt, accep-
tance of an order or other voucher for goods, chattels or commodities, as
on storage or deposit in this State, until and unless the whole of said
goods, chattels and commodities shall have been actually received to be
transported by such person or corporation in the one case, or shall be
actually in the possession or custody or upon the premises, or under, the
absolute and exclusive control of such person or corporation, in the other
case, at the time when such instrument shall be issued; and any principal
person or corporation, or any agent or officer whatsoever, of any person or
corporation wilfully violating the provisions or any provision of this sec-
tion shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be
subject to a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand
dollars, in the discretion of the court.

A receict issued by a firm engaged in business of canning vegetables, for goods of their
own canning and which were to remain in their possession subject to order of holder,