LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

charges or other compensations; and any public, quasi-public
or other corporation of the State, shall have the power to enter
into such a contract with this corporation.

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SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 364.
AN ACT to prevent deception in the sale of Bed Clover Seed.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That every person who shall sell, or offer, or expose for

Effective

sale red clover seed, with which there has been mixed in any
way what is commonly known as "yellow trefoil seed," shall
prominently, distinctly and durably stamp, brand or stencil
upon the top or tops, side or sides, and bottom or bottoms of
each and every box, bag or package of such article or sub-
stance the words, containing yellow trefoil seed, in plain roman
letters, not less than half an inch square, placed Horizontally
in proper order, thus— "Containing Yellow Trefoil Seed," so
as to be conspicuous in any position in which the package or
packages may be placed ; and every sale of any such mixture
of red clover and yellow trefoil seeds, whatever name may be
given or applied to it, either wholesale or retail, not so stamped,
branded, stenciled, marked or labeled, shall be void, and no
action or actions shall be maintained for the price thereof.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That any person or persons who shall

How
stamped.

neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this
Act, and every person or persons who shall render illegible,
concede or hide in any manner the inscription to be stamped,
branded or stenciled, as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned in the jail
of the city or county in which such illegal act was done, not
less than five nor more than thirty days, in the discretion of
the court, and shall be fined fifty dollars for the first offense,
and shall be imprisoned, as aforesaid, not less than sixty days
nor more than ninety days, and be fined one hundred dollars
for the second offense, one-half of the fine imposed upon any
case to go to the informer ; and on the trial of any one for
violating the provisions of this Act, proof of the sale, or offer
to sell, or exposure for sale, of the said mixture mentioned in.
the previous portions of this Act, shall be presumptive evi-
dence of knowledge of the character of the article so sold, or
offered, or exposed.

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Guilty of mis-
demeanor.