ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 867

make any false statement in any such written statement or
affidavit to the Board shall, upon conviction thereof summarily
before a Justice of the Peace, be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and any certificate
or license issued upon a false or misleading affidavit or appli-
cation shall be void ab initio; and any change or alteration in a
film after license, except the elimination of a part or except
upon written direction of the Board, shall be a violation of
this Article and shall also make immediately void the license
therefor.

18. It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder or inter-
fere in any manner with any member or employe of the Board
while performing any duties in carrying out the intent or pro-
visions of this Article.

19. If any elimination or disapproval of a film or view is
ordered by the Board, the person submitting such film or view
for examination will receive immediate notice of such elimi-
nation or disapproval, and if appealed from, such film or view
will be promptly re-examined, in the presence of such person,
by two or more members of the Board, and the same finally
approved or disapproved promptly after such re-examination,
with the right of appeal from the decision of the Board to the
Baltimore City Court of Baltimore City.

20. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this
Article for which a specific penalty is not provided and is con-
victed thereof summarily before any Magistrate or Justice of
the Peace, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for the first
offense. For any subsequent offense the fine shall be not less
than fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars. In de-

fault of payment of a fine and costs, the defendant shall be
sentenced to imprisonment in the prison of the county, or in
Baltimore City, where such offense was committed, for not less
than ten days, and not more than thirty days. All fines shall
be paid by the Magistrate or Justice of the Peace to the Board,
and by it paid into the State Treasury.

20A. Any person who shall exhibit in public any misbrand-
ed film or film carrying official approval of the Board which
approval was not put there by the action of the Board, or any
person who shall attach to or use in connection with any film
or view which has not been approved and licensed by the