344 HEALTH. [ART. 43

1894, ch. 273.

75. Any person not registered who shall practise veterinary
medicine or surgery, or any branch thereof within the State of
Maryland, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
fined in the sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five
hundred dollars for each offense, or imprisonment in the house
of correction for any term not less than three months, nor more
than twelve months, for each and every offense.

Ibid.

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76. The said board shall be the prosecutor in all cases under
this sub-title, and such fine and imprisonment may be imposed
by any justice of the peace of the city of Baltimore or any
county where such offense may be committed.

Ibid.

77. One moiety of the fine imposed under this sub title shall
be paid to the informer, and the other moiety shall be paid into
the county treasury wherein the offense shall have been com-
mitted.

Ibid.

78. In any part of any election district of any county in the
State where it may not, in the judgment of the owner of the
animal, be advisable to secure the services of a duly authorized
veterinary surgeon, then the person desiring to obtain advice as
to the physical condition of any animal or animals belonging to
him, may procure the services of any person that he may desire,
to give such advice or to perform any services for the relief -of
his animal or animals that may be necessary.

Adulteration of Food and Drink.

1890, ch. 604.

79. No person shall mix, color, stain or otherwise sophisticate
any article of food or drink with any other ingredient or material
for the purpose of gain or profit, nor shall sell or offer for sale or
order or permit any employe or other person to sell or offer for
sale any article so mixed, colored, stained or otherwise sophisti-
cated, unless the same be so manufactured, used or sold, or
offered for sale under its true and appropriate name, and unless