20 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 7

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Farm Loan Bonds
shall be accepted as security for all public deposits on the same
terms as any bonds for which the faith of the United States is
pledged.

SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the
terms of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon a yea
and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved June 27th, 1917.

CHAPTER 7.

AN ACT to punish the storing of foodstuffs for the purpose of
cornering the market, and providing a penalty therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, in extra session assembled, That any person carry-
ing on or employed in intrastate trade in any article suitable for
human food who, either in his individual capacity or as an
officer, agent or employee of a corporation, or member of a part-
nership, carrying on or employed in such trade, shall store any
such article for the purpose of cornering the market or in-
creasing the price above the market price thereof, or for the
purpose of limiting the supply thereof to the public, whether
temporarily or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty of a felony,
and punished by imprisonment for not less than six months nor
more than three years.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon