1320 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 466

(1939 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-
title "Health—Narcotic Drugs, " said section having been
amended by Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1951, increasing
penalties for the sale, other disposition or possession of
narcotic drugs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 352 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments, "
sub-title "Health—Narcotic Drugs, " said section having
been amended by Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1951, be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

352. [Any person violating any provision of this sub-
title shall, upon conviction, be punished for the first of-
fense by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars
($1, 000. 00) or by imprisonment for not exceeding three
years, or both; and for any subsequent offense by a fine not
exceeding three thousand dollars ($3, 000. 00) or by im-
prisonment for not exceeding five years, or both. ] Who-
ever violates any provision of this sub-title shall upon con-
viction be fined not more than one thousand dollars
($1, 000. 00) and be imprisoned not less than two or more
than five years. For a second offense, or if, in case of a first
conviction of violation of any provision of this sub-title,
the offender shall previously have been convicted of any
violation of the laws of the United States or of any other
state, territory or district relating to narcotic drugs or
marihuana, the offender shall be fined not more than two
thousand dollars ($2, 000. 00) and be imprisoned not less
than five or more than ten years. For a third or subse-
quent offense, or if the offender shall previously have been
convicted two or more times in the aggregate of any viola-
tion of the law of the United States or of any other state,
territory or district relating to narcotic drugs or mari-
huana, the offender shall be fined not more than three thou-
sand dollars ($3, 000. 00) and be imprisoned not less than
ten or more than twenty years. And except in the case of
conviction for a first offense for violation of the provisions
of this sub-title, the imposition or execution of sentence
shall not be suspended and probation or parole shall not be
granted until the minimum imprisonment herein provided
for the offense shall have been served. Provided, that if
any such offense shall consist of the sale, barter, peddling,
exchange, dispensing or supplying of a narcotic drug to a
minor, in violation of any provision of this sub-title, said
offense shall be deemed a felony, and any person found