JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the president, vice-presi-
dent and directors of said corporation hereby created shall
have power to enact and adopt such rules and regulation and
by-laws for the government and management of the affairs of
said corporation as they shall deem advantageous to the
interests thereof ; provided, the same be not contrary to the
laws of the land.

CHAP. 605.

May adopt
rules regula-
tions, etc.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the General Assembly
reserves the right to repeal, alter or amend this Act.
SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

CHAPTER 606.

AN ACT to add an additional Section to Article forty-three
of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Health," to
be numbered "Section 81 A," so as to provide for the pre-
vention of the adulteration or misrepresentation of articles
of food and drink and the sale thereof when adulterated or
unwholesome or misrepresented.

Right
reserved.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the following section shall be added to
Article forty-three of the Code of Public General Laws, to
read as follows :

New section
added.

Section 81 A. No person shall manufacture, sell or offer for
sale, or order or permit any employe or other person to sell or
offer for sale, either at wholesale or retail, any malt extract,
beer, porter, ale or stout unless the same shall have been
brewed and fermented as such ; and any person or corporation
or officer or agent thereof violating this provision, or any person
or corporation or officer or agent thereof selling or offering
for sale, or ordering or permitting any employe or other person
to sell or offer for sale any beer (to which coloring matter or
porteine has been added) representing the same to be malt
extract or porter or other beverage, or any malt or spirituous
liquor other than by its proper name, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and punished by imprisonment for not longer
than one year, or by a tine not exceeding five hundred dollars,
or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
Court having jurisdiction.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

Guilty of
misdemeanor