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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

vice pipe or other pipe for conducting or sup-
plying illuminating gas, in such manner as to
connect with and be calculated to supply illu-
minating gas to any burner or orifice by or at
which illuminating gas is consumed, around or

Penalty.

without passing through the meter provided
for the measuring and registering the quantity
of gas there consumed, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by imprisonment not ex-
ceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding
two hundred and fifty dollars, or both, in the
discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person
who, with intent to injure or defraud any Gas
Company, body corporate of this State, shall

Misdemeanor.

wilfully injure, alter or obstruct, or prevent
the action of any meter provided for the pur-
pose of measuring and registering the quantity
of illuminating gas consumed by or at any bur-
ner, orifice or place, or cause or procure any
such meter to be injured or altered, or the ac-
tion thereof to be obstructed or prevented,
shall be deemed guility of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by imprisonment not exceeding six
months, or by fine not exceeding two hundred
and fifty dollars, or both, in the discretion of
the Court.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1886.

CHAPTER 223.

AN ACT for the relief of the Board of County
School Commissioners of Baltimore county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That after the passage