JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 773.

children ; provided, however, that none of the
provisions of this act shall be construed so as
to prevent children from selling or offering for
sale newspapers.
SEC. 933. Any person or persons representing himself, herself or themselves to be, or passing
himself, herself or themselves off as, the parent or guardian of a child, or children, referred to in	Deemed guilty of mis-
any of the aforesaid sections of this act, and it	emeanor.
shall appear that such person is not either the pa-
rent or guardian of said child, such person or
persons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction by any court of competent
jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than twenty
dollars and costs for each and every offence.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1878.
CHAPTER 474.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments
an act passed at the January session of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland, eighteen hundred
and seventy, chapter two hundred and nine, en-
titled "An act to incorporate The Wesley Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Baltimore."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the act passed at the January
session of the General Assembly of Maryland, , eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter two hun-	Repealed and re-enacted
dred and nine, entitled "An act to incorporate The Wesley Mutual Life Insurance Company of	with amend- ments.
Baltimore," be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as
follows :