1450 LICENSES. [ART. 56

person, firm, partnership, association or corporation so offend-
ing shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars to be
recovered by suit in the name of the State of Maryland in any
court in this State having jurisdiction over said claims; and
one-half of said penalty when recovered shall be paid into the
treasury of the State and the other half of the said penalty
shall be paid to the informer.

1888, art. 56, sec. 107. 1872, ch. 355. 1874, ch. 370, sec. 9.

124. Any person acting as agent for any telegraph com-
pany or express or transportation company, firm, partnership,
association or corporation, in violation of the preceding section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to indict-
ment therefor, and on conviction in any court having jurisdic-
tion shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 108. 1872, ch. 355. 1874, ch. 370, sec. 10.

125. Any telegraph company, express or transportation
company, person, firm, partnership, association or corporation
proposing to do the business of telegraphing for profit or hire
within the limits of any single county in this State or within
the limits of the city of Baltimore, or proposing to do the
business of transporting or forwarding for profit or hire within
the limits of any single county in this State or within the
limits of the city of Baltimore any article of trade or traffic or
any package or parcel of goods of any sort shall pay to the
clerk of the circuit court for the county in which said business
is proposed to be done, or to the clerk of the court of common
pleas of Baltimore city if the said business is proposed to be
done in said city, the sum of twelve dollars for a license to do
said business for one year, or a proportionate part of said sum
for any fractional part of a year not less than one month, and
all licenses so issued shall be made to expire on the first day
of May next succeeding the date of their issue.

Ibid sec. 109. 1872, ch. 355. 1874, ch. 370, sec. 11.

126. Any person offending in any way by violating the pro-
visions of the preceding section, either as agent or otherwise,
shall be liable to a prosecution therefor and upon indictment
and conviction thereof in any court having jurisdiction shall be
fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars
and shall stand committed until the fine and costs are paid.