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for said County, or for production in Court, without an
order of the Court first had and obtained as above pro-
vided.

281D. Any stenographer appointed as aforesaid, who
shall violate any of the provisions of the three preceding
sections with regard to secrecy shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined
not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1, 000. 00), or im-
prisoned in jail not exceeding one year or both fined and
imprisoned in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by 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 the 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 9, 1953.

CHAPTER 70
(House Bill 216)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 402 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments'',
sub-title "Injuries—Reports of", to extend the applica-
tion of said section to Prince George's County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 402 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Crimes and
Punishments", sub-title "Injuries—Reports of", be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

402. Whenever any physician, pharmacist, dentist, hos-
pital or nurse treats any person for any injury which was

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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.