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(8) "Dromoran," which means the substance identified
chemically as 3-hydroxy-N-methylmorphinan, or any salt
or form thereof by whatever trade name identified.

The term ''Narcotic Drugs" also shall be taken to in-
clude any drug or substance similar to those listed herein-
above, whether synthetic or otherwise and whether or not
physically distinguishable from those listed hereinabove,
and whatever may be its trade name, haying comparable
habit-forming qualities and effects of habituation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 28, 1952.

CHAPTER 18

(Senate Bill 18)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tions 405, 406 and 407 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Crimes and
Punishments," sub-title "Larceny," and Section 420 of
said Article, sub-title "Larceny after Trust," (being re-
spectively Sections 387, 388, 389 and 401A in the 1939
Edition and 1947 Supplement), increasing to $100.00
the distinction between petit larceny and grand larceny,
amending generally the laws concerning larceny and re-
moving certain obsolete or unnecessary provisions from
said sections.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 405, 406 and 407 of Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title
"Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Larceny," and Sec-

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.