198 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

or held for use, or to be sold, when the same, instead of or in
addition to the manner of redemption therein described, is to be
or may be presented to or redeemed by the person or association
of persons selling, bartering or trading the goods, wares or mer-
chandise as in said section set forth, at any other place than that
where said sale, barter or trade was made, or in any manner than
by something certain and known to the purchaser at the time of
said sale, barter or purchase; provided, however, that nothing
contained in this or the preceding section is intended to prevent
any manufacturer from offering any gift or present to any pur-
chaser of his products.

1898, ch. 207.

263 C. Any person or association of persons violating any of
the provisions of the two preceding sections of this article, or
aiding, abetting or assisting in said violation, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before
any justice of the peace of this State or court of competent
jurisdiction therein, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars for each offense, and for a second
or repeated violation of said sections may, in addition to said
fines be imprisoned in the house of correction or in the city or
county jail, as the case may be, for not less than one month nor
more than six months.

Vagrants and Tramps.

1894, ch. 481.

276 A. The officers and board of directors of the Friendly
Inn of Baltimore City, and the officers and directors and mana-
gers of any other charitable corporation heretofore formed, or
which may be hereafter formed, under either the general incor-
poration law of this State or by special act, for the charitable
purpose, in whole or in part, of supplying food and lodging to the
needy without demanding or receiving compensation in money
therefor, may, and the said officers, directors and managers are
hereby authorized and empowered to require any person applying
to them for, and receiving from them, either food or lodging in
any house, home or building maintained by the said charitable
corporation, to perform within twenty-four hours thereafter a
reasonable amount of labor in return therefor, provided that the