488 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

correction for a period of not less than two months nor more than
twelve months, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion
of the court, for each offence; and every female sitter employed,
engaged or allowed in and about said premises shall be considered
a separate offence under said section.

Fraud—Bills of Lading.

1876, ch 262, sec. 5.

87. No person or corporation, or agent or officer of any person
or corporation in this State, shall issue any bill of lading, receipt,
acknowledgment or voucher whatsoever, for goods, chattels or
commodities of any kind, to be transported on land or water, or
on both, or any receipt, acceptance 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 the said goods, chattels
and commodities shall have been actually received to be trans-
ported by such person or corporation, in the one case, or shall be
actually m the possession or custody, or upon the premises, or
under the absolute and exclusive control of such person or corpo-
ration, 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 violat-
ing the provisions or any provision of this section, 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.

State v. Bryant, 63 Md. 66.

Fraud-Butter-Oleomargarine.

1886, ch. 455, sec. 1 1888, ch. 312, sec. 1.

88. No person shall manufacture oat of any oleaginous sub-
stance or substances, or any compound of the same other than that
produced from unadulterated milk, or of cream from the same,
any article designed to take the place of butter or cheese produced
from pure, unadulterated milk or cream of the same, or shall sell
or offer for sale the same as an article of food. This provision
shall not apply to pure skim milk or cheese made from pure skim
milk. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be