LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

sary, shall be the same as those prescribed for collectors of
State and county taxes ; and it is hereby enacted that the pro-
visions of Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws,
title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "Sales by Collectors," shall
apply to the town of Oxford, and the Commissioners of Oxford
are hereby vested with the same powers that are vested in the
County Commissioners of the several counties and the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore city by section fifty- four of
said Article.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 493.
AN ACT to prohibit railroad and mining corporations, their
officers and agents, from selling or bartering goods, wares
or merchandise in Allegany County to their employes.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Effective.

land, That it shall not be lawful for any railroad or mining
corporation, doing business in Allegany county, nor for the
president, vice-president, manager, superintendent, any director
or other officer of such corporation, to own or have any interest
in any general store or merchandise business in Allegany
county, in which goods, wares and merchandise are sold, nor
to conduct or carry on any such business, or have any interest
in the profits of the same in Allegany county, nor to sell or
barter any goods, wares or merchandise in such county.

Prohibit rail-
road and
raining cor-
porations
from selling
goods, etc.,
to their
employes.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for
the clerk of the Circuit Court for Allegany county to issue a
trader's license to any corporation or person or persons to sell
goods, wares and merchandise, unless he shall first administer
to the party applying therefor an oath that no railroad or
mining company, or president, manager, superintendent, or any
director, or other officer of such corporation, has any interest
directly or indirectly in such store or business, or the profits
thereof, purposed to be carried on under said license.

Unlawful to
Issue a
trader's
license to
any corpo-
ration.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any store or business con-
ducted in Allegany county by railroad or mining corporation,
or private individuals engaged in railroading or mining, in
which goods, wares or merchandise are sold to the employes
of the owners of such store or business in part payment of
their wages as such employes, shall be subject to a suit at law

Subject to a
suit at law.