174 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

of the statement so filed with such clerk, in a conspicuous place
in each locality in which said stallion shall be kept for service.

1892, ch. 419.

118 B. Every owner or agent who shall proclaim or publish a
false or fraudulent pedigree or record, or statement of any kind
regarding any stallion, or who shall neglect or refuse to comply
with the provisions of section 118 A shall forfeit all fees for the
services of such stallion, and the person or persons who may be
deceived or defrauded by such false or fraudulent pedigree or
record or statement may sue and recover in any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction such damages as may be shown to have been
sustained by reason of such false and fraudulent representation.

Ibid

118c. Whenever the owner or agent of an owner or owners
of any stallion shall have complied with the provisions of section
118 A, the services of such stallion shall become a lien on each
mare served, together with the foal of such mare resulting
from such service for an amount agreed upon between the parties
at the time of service, or in the event of no such agreement hav-
ing been entered into between them, then in such an amount as
specified for service fee of such stallion or stallions in the state-
ment hereinbefore required to be filed with the clerks of said
respective courts; provided, that a notice of such lien shall be
filed within six months after such service, which lien shall termi-
nate at the end of one year from the date of filing notice there-
of, unless within that time an action shall be commenced for the
enforcement thereof.

Ibid.

118D. It is hereby made unlawful for any person or persons
knowingly to enter or cause to be entered for competition, or to
compete for any purse, prize, premium, stake or sweepstake
offered or given by any agricultural or other society, association
or person or persons in the State of Maryland, any horse, mare or
gelding, colt or filly under an assumed name, or out of its proper
class when such prize, purse, premium, stake or sweepstake is to
be decided by a contest in trotting races.