CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 1167

Fraud—Re-Hypothecation of Personal Securities.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 211. 1912, sec. 185. 1904, sec. 167. 1888, sec. 112. 1878, ch. 172.

248. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, bank, building
association or corporation to re-pledge or re-hypothecate any stocks, bonds or
other security or securities, the title to which passes by delivery or endorse-
ment received or held by him or them as security for any money lent or
advanced to the owner or holder of such stocks, bonds or other securities,
during the continuance of the contract of pledge or hypothecation, without
the consent of the pledgor; and every person or officer of such bank, build-
ing association or corporation, who shall so re-pledge or re-hypothecate such
stocks, bonds or other securities so received or held, without the consent of
the said pledgor so given as aforesaid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than five
hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or to imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not more than five years, or both, in the discretion of
the Court.

For "Blue Sky" law, see art. 32A, sec. 14.

Fraud—Sales of New and Novel Seeds.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 212. 1912, sec. 186. 1904, sec. 167. 1888, sec. 112. 1878, ch. 172.

249. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, company or firm,
or any agent of any person or persons, company or firm, to sell or offer
for sale or traffic in the State of Maryland any variety of new or novel seed,
such as wheat, oats, corn, rye, clover seed, grass seeds or other agricultural
products, or any variety of the same, claiming or representing the same
to be new, novel or excelling in quality or productiveness the ordinary
seeds or agricultural products in general cultivation, without first filing
with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which such sale or sales,
or traffic of such seeds, or any of them, or other agricultural products is pro-
posed to be made, a written statement of the kind of seed or agricultural
product offered for sale or traffic, with a full description of the same and the
advantages claimed for the same over other seed or products of the same
variety, to which written statement shall be attached the name and place
of residence of the person or persons, company or firm offering for sale or
traffic such seeds or products.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 213. 1912, sec. 187. 1904, sec. 169. 1888, sec. 114. 1888, ch. 415, sec. 2.

250. Any person or persons, company, firm or agent violating the pro-
visions of the foregoing section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof before a justice of the peace, on a warrant to be issued
in the name of the State of Maryland, shall be fined not less than fifty or
more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county jail for not less
than three nor more than six months, or be both fined and imprisoned in
the discretion of the justice of the court, if the accused demand a trial by
jury before the circuit court.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 214. 1912, sec. 188. 1904, sec. 170. 1888, sec. 115. 1888, ch. 415, sec. 3.

251. Any person or persons, firm or company, offering for barter, sale
or traffic any oats, wheat, rye, corn, clover seed or other agricultural
product, representing them or any of them as possessing qualities or pro-
ductiveness superior to the same varieties in general cultivation, and selling