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the filing of the same; and for the proper recording of said
liens the clerks of the circuit courts for the several counties,
and the clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city shall
keep a docket, to be called the "stallion lien docket," in which
shall be recorded all liens filed in their respective counties or
city.

1904, ch. 54, sec. 3 B.

181. The proceedings to recover the amount of any lien
filed under this sub-title, shall be by the writ of scire facias,
and where the amount of the lien is less than one hundred
dollars, such writ of scire facias may be issued by any jus-
tice of the peace of the county or city where the lien is
recorded, upon a certified copy thereof, and shall be returnable
before the justice of the peace issuing the same.

1892, ch. 419, sec 4.

182. 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, cojt or filly under an assumed name, or out of its
proper class when such prize, purse, premium, stake or sweep-
stake is to be decided by a contest in trotting races.

Ibid sec. 5.

183. Any person or persons found guilty of a violation of
section 182 shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the
penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three
years, or imprisoned in the jail of the county or the city of
Baltimore, as the case may be, in which the offense was com-
mitted, for any definite period, not less than six months, and
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.

Fraud—Sterling and Coin Silver.

1900, ch. 398, sec. 119 C.

184. Any manufacturer or dealer who makes or sells, or
offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or her possession with
intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise marked,
stamped or branded with the words " sterling " or " sterling
silver," or encased or enclosed in any box, package, cover or
wrapper, or other thing in, by or with which the said article is
packed, enclosed or otherwise prepared for sale or disposition,
having thereupon any engraving or printed label, stamp,