ART. 27] FRAUD—RE-HYPOTHECATION—NEW AND NOVEL SEEDS. 835

removes, secretes, hypothecates, destroys or sells the same
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indictment
therefor and conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the city
or county jail not more than six months, or shall be fined not
more than five hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion of the
court; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to
relieve the sheriff or other officer holding said execution from
his responsibility to the execution creditor for the safe keeping
of any personal property by him levied on and taken in execu-
tion as aforesaid.
Hooper v. Vernon, 74 Md. 136.

Fraud—Re-hypothecation of Personal Securities.

1888, art. 27, sec. 112. 1878, ch. 172.

167. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, bank,
building association or corporation to re-pledge or re-hypothe-
cate any stocks, bonds or other security or securities, the title
to which passes by delivery or endorsement received or held
by him or them as security for any money lent or advanced to
the owner or holder of such stocks, bonds or other securities,
during the continuance of the contract of pledge or hypotheca-
tion, without the consent of the pledger; and every person or
officer of such bank, building association or corporation, who
shall so re-pledge or re-hypothecate such stocks, bonds or
other securities so received or held, without the consent of the
said pledger so given as aforesaid shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five
thousand dollars, or to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not
more than five years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Fraud—Sales of New and Novel Seeds.

Ibid. sec. 113. 1888, ch. 415, sec. 1.

168. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, com-
pany or firm, or any agent of any person or persons, company
or firm, to sell or offer for sale or traffic in the State of Mary-
land any variety of new or novel seed, such as wheat, oats, corn,
rye, clover seed, grass seeds or other agricultural products, or
any variety of the same, claiming or representing the same to
be new, novel or excelling in quality or productiveness the
ordinary seeds or agricultural products in general cultivation,
without first filing with the clerk of the circuit court for the
county in which such sale or sales, or traffic of such seeds, or