172 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indictment
therefor and conviction 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 execu-
tion as aforesaid.
Hooper v. Vernon, 74 Md. 143.

Fraud-Red Clover Seed-Sales of.

1898, ch. 364.

117 A. Every person who shall sell, or offer or expose for sale
red clover seed, with which there has been mixed in any way
what is commonly known as "yellow trefoil seed, " shall promi-
nently, distinctly and durably stamp, brand or stencil upon the
top or tops, side or sides, and bottom or bottoms of each and
every box, bag or package of such article or substance, the words,
containing yellow trefoil seed, in plain roman letters, not less
than half an inch square, placed horizontally in proper order,
thus—"Containing Yellow Trefoil Seed, " so as to be conspicuous
in any position in which the package or packages may be placed,
and every sale of any such mixture of red clover and yellow
trefoil seeds, whatever name may be given or applied to it, either
wholesale or retail, not so stamped, branded, stenciled, marked or
labeled, shall be void, and no action or actions shall be main-
tained lor the price thereof.

Ibid.

117B. Any person or persons who shall neglect or refuse to
comply with any of the provisions of section 117 A, and every
person or persons who shall render illegible, conceal or hide in
any manner the inscription to be stamped, branded or stenciled,
as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be imprisoned in the jail of the city or county
in which such illegal act was done, not less than five nor more
than thirty days, in the discretion of the court, and shall be fined
fifty dollars for the first offense, and shall be imprisoned, as