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hol, or who shall in any manner put or introduce methyl, or wood alcohol,
into such drug, medicine, medicinal or chemical preparation, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars,
or by not less than three months nor more than twelve months imprison-
ment, or by both, in the discretion of the court.

Contention in a civil suit that defendants had violated this section, overruled
where there was no evidence that they mixed, made, manufactured or compounded
whiskey sold plaintiff, or that they introduced wood alcohol into it. Flaccomio v.
Eysink, 129 Md. 380.

Fraud—Motor Fuels.

1929, ch. 350, sec. 237A.

279. It shall be unlawful for any person, co-partnership or corpora-
tion and the members, officers, agents and employees of any co-partnership
or corporation

(a) To store, sell, expose for sale, or offer for sale, any gasoline, motor-
fuel, kerosene, oil or other liquid fuels, or lubricating oils, or other similar
products, in any manner whatsoever, so as to deceive or tend to deceive the
purchaser as to the nature, quality, and identity, of the product so sold or
offered for sale; or

(b) To store, keep, expose for sale, offer for sale, or sell, from any tank
or container, or from any pump, or other distributing device or equipment,
any other gasoline, motor-fuel, kerosene, oil or other liquid fuels, or lubri-
cating oils, or other similar products, than those indicated by the name,
trade name, symbol, sign, or other distinguishing mark or device, of the
manufacturer or distributor, appearing upon the tank, container, pump, or
other distributing equipment, from which the same are sold, offered for
sale, or distributed; or

(c) To disguise or camouflage his or their own equipment, by imitating
the design, symbol, trade name, of the equipment, under which recognized
brands of gasoline, motor-fuel, kerosene, oil or other liquid fuels, lubricat-
ing oils, and similar products, are generally marketed; or

(d) To expose for sale, offer for sale, or sell, under any name in gen-
eral use, any gasoline, motor-fuel, kerosene, oil or other liquid fuels, lubri-
cating oils, or other like products, except those manufactured or distributed
by the manufacturer or distributor marketing gasoline, motor-fuel, kero-
sene, oil or other liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other like products, under
such trade name, or to substitute, mix, or adulterate the gasoline, motor-
fuel, kerosene, oil or other liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other similar
products, sold, offered for sale, or distributed, under such trade names; or

(e) To aid or assist any other person, association, or corporation, in the
violation of the provisions of this section, by depositing or delivering into
any tank, receptacle, or other container, any other gasoline, motor-fuel,
kerosene, oil or other liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or like products, than
those intended to be stored therein and distributed therefrom, as indicated
by the name of the manufacturer or distributor or the trade name of the
product displayed on the container itself, or on the pump, or other dis-
tributing device used in connection therewith.

1929, ch. 350, sec. 237B.

280. There shall be firmly attached to or painted on the container
from which lubricating oil is drawn or poured out for sale or delivery, and