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LABOR AND AGRICULTURE. [ART. — .

Exhibits of
property.

spection, in his office, reliable exhibits, with the terms
annexed, of such property in Maryland as the owners
thereof may desire to have registered in said office as
for rent or sale.

Visits to Immi-
grant vessels
by runners, &c.

2. It shall not be lawful for any other agent, runner
or solicitor to visit vessels arriving with immigrants on
board for any purpose whatsoever, until such immi-
grants have been seen and properly instructed by the
said superintendent of labor and agriculture, or by one
of his clerks or agents, expressly charged with that
duty.

Penalty.

3. Any person or persons violating the last preced-
ing section shall be liable, on conviction in any court
of law in this state having competent jurisdiction, to a
fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not less than
thirty days nor more than sixty days, at the discretion
of the court, said fine to go to the state.

Small maps.

4. Said superintendent may, if he shall deem it ad-
vantageous, cause to he printed a small map of Mary-
land, showing the county lines, rivers, railroads and
other chief routes of communication, and also the posi-
tion and names of its principal towns, and upon the
margin and back of said map he shall cause to be
printed a concise description of the resources of the
state, its climate, soils, and the value of its produc-
tions, and any other advantages calculated to attract
permanent settlers from Europe, or from any part of
the United States; and said descriptive maps shall be
printed in such languages as the said superintendent
may direct.

Agent to distri-
bute maps, &c.

5. The said superintendent is hereby authorized to
employ two intelligent agents, who shall speak the
languages of the people among whom they are to labor,
whose duty it shall be to judiciously distribute the
maps and other information sent to them by said su-
perintendent, and who shall exert themselves by per-
sonal intercourse with the people, and in such ways as
the superintendent may direct in advising and aiding
useful and industrious persons to immigrate to Mary-