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under any disease of the skin, chronic sore, or febrile or other
disease during the progress of vaccine, or any crust which
during the progress of the vesicle was punctured or sustained
other injury, shall upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a
sum not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars.

6. It shall be the duty of every parent or guardian to [to]
have his or her child vaccinated within twelve months after its
birth, if it shall be in proper condition, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, and if such parent or guardian shall have any other
person under his or her control or care, not duly vaccinated,
he or she should cause such person or persons to be vaccinated
prior to the first day of November eighteen hundred and sixty-
four. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this
section, shall on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum not
less than five, nor more than ten dollars.

7. No teacher in any school, shall after the first day of Janu-
ary eighteen hundred and sixty-five, receive into such school
any person as a scholar until such person shall produce the
certificate of some regular practicing physician, that such appli-
cant for admission into the school has been duly vaccinated.
Any teacher so offending shall, on conviction thereof forfeit and
pay a fine of ten dollars for each offence, and no Public School,
Trustee or Commissioner shall grant a permit to any child to
enter any Public School, without such certificate, under the
same penalty.

8. All fines imposed under the provisions of this act shall be
recovered before a justice of the peace, in the same manner as
small debts are recoverable, for the use of the school fund of
the county or city, in which such offence shall occur.

9. The Vaccine Agent to be appointed under the section of
this act, shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the sum of
twelve hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance
of his duties, said bond to be approved by the Comptroller of
the State.

In force from April 1,1861.

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