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said new section to be known as Section 242A, to follow imme-
diately after Section 242 of said Article.

242A. Any person, firm or company which sells, or exposes,
or offers for sale, horse meat, either alone or in conjunction
with any other substance or food product, for human consump-
tion, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished
for each offense by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprison-
ment of not more than 6 months or both.

SEC. 2. And 'be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved April 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 427.
(House Bill 367)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 494
of Article 12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Garrett County", sub-title
"Sheriff", as said section was amended by Chapter 17 of the
Acts of 1933, and to repeal Section 499 of said Article,
increasing the allowance for keeping and boarding prisoners
at the County Jail and relating to other expenses of the
Sheriff of Garrett County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 499 of Article 12 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Garrett Coun-
ty", sub-title "Sheriff", be and it is hereby repealed and that
Section 494 of Article 12 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Garrett County", sub-title
"Sheriff", as said section was amended by Chapter 17 of the
Acts of 1933, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

494. The County Commissioners of Garrett County shall
allow said Sheriff each year, first, the actual railway trans-
portation charges of the Sheriff, his deputies, and the actual
cost of railway tickets of the prisoners, necessary in the con-
veyance of said prisoners to the institutions to which they are
committed; second, the sum of sixty cents per day for keep-
ing and boarding each prisoner committed to the County
Jail; third, the actual sum expended by him for coal and other
necessaries of said jail, including a telephone; fourth, such