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LAWS OF MARYLAND

the brand or trade-mark of any manufacturer or dealer other

than his own, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall

Misdemea-

upon conviction thereof in any court having jurisdiction be pun-

nor.

ished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and imprison-

ment in jail not exceeding six months, or by fine or imprisonment

at the discretion of the court before whom he shall be tried.

10. That this act shall not affect parties importing, manufac-

turing or manipulating fertilizer for their own use if not sold or

disposed of, and it shall not apply to substances and materials

sold in bulk to manufacturers or manipulators of fertilizers, and

Exempt.

nothing in this act shall prevent the buyer and seller from mak-

ing contracts in reference to the price to be paid, dependent upon

the composition of quality of the fertilizer contracted for, but no

arrangement or agreement, verbal or written, made by and between

any seller and buyer of fertilizer in this State for the purpose of

exonerating the seller or manufacturer from liability for any vio-

lation of any of the provisions of this act, shall exempt any per-

son from such liability.

11. That it shall be the duty of all State's attorneys to prose-

To prose-
cute.

cute all persons accused of violating this act, or any of the pro-

visions of this act, or of the act to which this is a supplement.

12. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect on the

Effective.

first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 388.

AN ACT to repeal sections one hundred and thirty-six and one

hundred and thirty-eight, of article twenty-two, of the Code of

Public Local Laws of Maryland, title " Washington county,"

sub-title " Fish," and to re-enact the same with amendment?.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Maryland,

To repeal.

That sections one hundred and thirty-six and one hundred and

thirty-eight, of article twenty-two, of the Code of Public Local

Laws of Maryland, title " Washington county," sub-title " Fish,"

be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read

as follows:

136. It shall not be lawful for any person to catch or kill, or

attempt to catch or kill in the waters of Washington county,

Maryland, or have in possession, or offer for sale in said county,

any bass, perch, cat fish or bull head pike or pickerel, caught in

the waters of said county between the first day of April and the

thirty-first day of June, both days inclusive; it shall not be law-

ful for any person to catch or take from the waters of said county,