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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 484.

AN ACT to prevent with penalties the manu-
facture or sale in this State of candy or cakes
containing deleterious matter.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That no person shall

Deleterious
matter.

manufacture or sell in this State candy or
cakes of any kind soever, which contains any
ingredient which may be deleterious, injuri-
ous or poisonous to the consumer.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That each and
every person who shall manufacture or sell in
this State candy or cakes of any kind soever,

Misdemeanor.

which contain any ingredient which may be
deleterious, injurious or poisonous to the con-
sumer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction in a Court of competent juris-
diction, be fined for each and every offence a
sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than
two hundred dollars.

Effective.

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

Approved April 7, 1886.

CHAPTER 486.

AN ACT to repeal an act of January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter
three hundred and seventy-four, entitled an
act for the better protection of persons and
property in Baltimore county, and to re-
enact the same with amendments.

Repealed and
re-enacted.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That the act passed at
January session, eighteen hundred and sev-
enty-four, chapter three hundred and seventy-