20 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 18
CHAPTER 17.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Crimes and
Punishments", to be under sub-title "Convict Made Goods",
said new section to be known as Section 43B and to follow
immediately after Section 43A of said Article, to prohibit
the sale in the State of Maryland of foreign convict made
goods.

WHEREAS, Public Act No. 699, passed by the Seventieth Con-
gress of the United States and known as the "Hawes-Cooper
Convict Labor Act", authorizes any State to pass laws regu-
lating or prohibiting the sale of convict made goods produced
in any other State or Territory; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement),
title "Crimes and Punishments", to be under sub-title "Con-
vict Made Goods", said new section to be known as Section
43B, to follow immediately after Section 43A of said Article
and to read as follows:

43B. No goods, wares or merchandise manufactured or
produced, wholly or in part, or mined by convicts or prisoners
of other States, Territories or the District of Columbia, except
convicts or prisoners on parole or probation, shall be shipped
into this State to be sold on the open market, or sold to, or
exchange with, an institution of this State or with any of its
political divisions. Any person, firm, association or corpora-
tion violating any of the provisions of this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500. 00) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30)
days nor more than sixty (60) days or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1937.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 18.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 16 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Mont-
gomery County", sub-title "State's Attorney", said new sec-