ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof before any tribunal of compe-
tent jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than
fifty dollars, or be sentenced to imprisonment in
the house of correction for not more than six
months, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the
discretion of the court.
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purchase, receive or accept any such goods, ma-
terials or merchandise as are described in the
preceding section for their own use, or advance
money or other property upon the security there-
of, knowing them to be stolen or misappropriated,
as set out in the preceding section, shall be
deemed guilty of receiving stolen goods, and
shall be punished in the manner provided for a
misdemeanor in this article.

Punishment.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1888.

Chapter 397.

AN ACT to fix the time for the election of the
mayor and members of the city council of
Baltimore.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-

Effective.

sembly of Maryland, That the second section
or the act of eighteen hundred and seventy,
chapter one hundred and sixteen, entitled "An
act to change the provisions of section one, arti-
cle eleven, of the constitution of this state," title
" Baltimore city," relating to the term of office of
the mayor of said city, as provided in and by
section nine of said article, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as
follows :
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That an election for

Repealed and
re-enacted.

mayor of the city of Baltimore shall be held on
the Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and on
the same day and month in every second year
thereafter. The term of office of the mayor

Election for
mayor.