432 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

453. Any accident by reason of explosion, occurring with
any oil or fluid manufactured from petroleum or its products,
shall subject the seller thereof to prosecution for a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of competent
jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, nor
less than five hundred dollars; one-half of said fine to be paid
to the informer and the other half to the State.

454. In case of seizure or confiscation of oils or fluids man-
ufactured from petroleum or its products, as provided in sec-
tion 451, the party who has sold such oils or fluids shall have
the privilege of referring the same to some commissioned in-
spector recognized by the oil trade of Baltimore, whose de-
cisions shall be prima facie evidence of the quality of said oil
or fluid.

455. If any inspector of oils shall be convicted in a court
of competent jurisdiction of furnishing a false report of the
fire-test of any oil submitted to his inspection, he shall be
liable to a fine of riot less than five hundred dollars nor more
than two thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court; said
fine to be paid into the treasury of the State.

456. The provisions of the seven preceding sections shall
not apply to oils or fluids manufactured from petroleum or its
products for the purpose of exportation or for use in street
lamps.

FISH.

457. No person shall expose for sale, or have in his pos-
session, offering for sale, any striped bass or rock weighing less
than one-half pound each, or any white perch weighing less
than one-quarter of a pound each; any person violating any
of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction by a court of competent
jurisdiction shall be fined not more than twenty dollars or
be confined in jail not more than thirty days, or both, in the
judgment of the court.