978 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 477

152. It shall be unlawful for any person to wear the in-
signia, badge, distinctive ribbons or membership rosette or but-
ton of a military or patriotic organizations or of any lodge or
fraternal society chartered or having Grand or Subordinate
lodges in this State, or to use the same to obtain aid or assist-
ance, personal or social recognition thereby, from any person,
within this State, unless he shall be entitled to use to wear
the same under the constitution and by-laws, rules and regula-
tions of such military or patriotic organizations or of such
lodge, lodges, society or societies, and anyone violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than twenty
dollars and not more than two hundred dollars. Provided, that
nothing in this section shall prohibit the wearing of the badge
or insignia of any lodge or society by the mother, sister, wife
or daughter of any member of such lodge or society entitled
under this Act to wear such badge or insignia.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 477.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
604-A of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (Revised Edition of 1915), title "City of Balti-
more," sub-title "Jurors," so as to increase the compensa-
tion of the Clerk of the Grand Jury of Baltimore City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 604-A of Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (Revised Edition of 1915),
title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Jurors," be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:

604-A. Upon the organization of each grand jury, as pro-
vided for in the preceding section, and upon their request there-
for, signified to the judge or judges for the time being especi-
ally assigned to and sitting in the Criminal Court of the said
city, the said judge or judges may and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered to appoint a clerk, who shall be a compe-
tent stenographer, at a compensation not exceeding the rate