ART. 27.] FRAUD—PERSONAL SECURITIES—SEEDS. 499

the limits of the city or county where it was located when so mort-
gaged or levied on and taken in execution, or who with intent as
aforesaid secretes, destroys or sells the same, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indictment therefor and convic-
tion thereof, shall be imprisoned in the city or county jail not
more than six months, or shall be fined not more than five hundred

dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court; but nothing herein
contained shall be construed to relieve the sheriff or other officer
holding said execution from his responsibility to the execution

creditor for the safe keeping of any personal property by him
levied on and taken in execution as aforesaid.

Fraud-Re-hypothecatlon of Personal Securities.

1878, ch. 172.

112. 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 endorsement 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 con-
tinuance of the contract of pledge or hypothecation, without the

consent of the pledgor; and every person or officer of such bank,
building 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 peni-
tentiary for not more than five years, or both, in the discretion of
the court.

Fraud-Sales of New and Novel Seeds.

1888, ch. 415, sec. 1.

113. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, com-
pany 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