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aforesaid, not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days, and
be fined one hundred dollars for the second offense, one-half of
the fine imposed upon any case to go to the informer; and on the
trial of any one for violating the provisions of said section,
proof of the sale, or offer to sell, or exposure for sale, of the
said mixture, shall be presumptive evidence of knowledge of the
character of the article so sold, or offered, or exposed.

1898, ch. 364.

117C. All red clover seed mixed with yellow trefoil seed,
sold in the city of Baltimore, or in any county of this State,
shall be in conformity with section 117 A, and any person selling,
or offering, or exposing red clover seed mixed with yellow trefoil
seed for sale, not in accordance with said section, shall forfeit the
same, and it shall be seized and taken by the sheriff of the city
of Baltimore or the constables of any county, and sold, for the
use of the public school fund in the city or county where such
seizure was made.

Fraud—Stallions—By Owners or Agents of.

1892, ch. 419.

118 A. Every owner or agent who may have the custody or
control of any stallion, who shall charge a fee for the services of
such stallion, shall, before advertising or offering such service to
the public for any fee, reward or compensation, file with the clerk
of the circuit court for the county in which such owner or
owners, agent or agents reside, or in which such stallion shall
be kept for service, or if such service shall be offered in
the city of Baltimore, then with the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, a written statement giving the name, age, pedi-
gree and record, if known, and if not known then that the same
is unknown, the description, terms and conditions upon which
such stallion will serve. Upon filing such statement, the clerk of
the circuit court for the county, or for the Court of Common
Pleas of Baltimore, as the case may be, shall issue a certificate
or license to the owner or owners, agent or agents having the
custody and control of such stallion, that such a statement has
been filed in his office; the owners, or agent or agents of the
owners of such stallion, shall then post a written or printed copy