Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-12-17

! tire of cigars, cigarettes or tobacco, or
IN any occupation in which the huv.ng
or selling of said goods. wares aad
merchandise shall constitute the whole
or any part of his. her. their or its
business. or occupation. to sell. barter
or give any cigar or cigars, cigarette
or cigarettes. smoking or chewing
1ohacco. to any minor under the age
OF fourteen years. within the limits of
thiS state. unless previously author
lZed III writing by the parents or guar
dian OF Such minor. or where such
MINOR Is acting solely as the agent OF
his employer"
SEC. ,. Ind be it enacted. That
any person or persons, or BODY cor
porate, whether manufacturer. dealer
or vendor, violating the provisions of
this Act, shall, upon conviction thereof
IN any court OF competent jurisdiction
be fined IN 4 sum of not less than ten
nor more than one hundred dollars for
ea'h and every offense so convicted
thereof. or be imprisoned in jail for
not less than five nor more than thirty
days, III default of payment of said
fine.
SEC. ). Ind he 1t enacted. That of
All hnes accruing under the provisions
or this Act. III the several counties of
TINS State, the moIety or one-half bart
shall be applied to the support and
maintenance of the pauper insane of
The respective counties and in the CITY
of Baltlmore: said moiety or one-haif
part of said fines SO imposed. AS herein
provided. shall be distributed in euuaI
proportions among the dispensaries in
said city.
SEC. /. And he 1t further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from
and after the date of its passage.
Approved April :. 1886.
We hereby certify. that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act OF the General Assem-
bly, OF Mary land. passed January Session 1856
f. b. PRErTYMAN,
liner 'ierk OF the House of Delegates.
VIC. PURNELL
Secretary of the Senate.
CHAPTER 30.
AN ACT to repeal chapter four hun
dred and tifty-eight of the Acts of
Assembly. passed at the January
Session eighteen hundred and eighty,
entitled IAN Act TO repeal section
forty nine of Article thirty of the
Code of Public General Laws of the
State of Maryland. entitled Grimes
and Punl>hments,' and re-enact the
same so as TO read as follows :"
SECTION |. Re II enactei By the General
iSstmhy IF KdrWdnd. That chapter
four hundred and tifty-eight of the
Acts of Assembly. passed at the
January Session. eighteen hundred
and eighty. entitled IAN Act to repeal
section forty-nine of Article thirty of
the Code of Public General Laws of
the State of MARYLAND, entitled Crimes
and Punlshments. and re-enact the
same So rs 20 read as follows" be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted so as TO read as follows:
SEC. 10. Whosoever being
cashier, servant. agent or clerk to any
person or To any body corporate. or
being employed for the purpose or i'll
the capacity of a cashier. servant,
agent or clerk by any person or body
corporate, shall fraudulently embezzle
any money, goods. bill. note, bond,
check, evidence of debt, or other valu-
able security or effects, which shall be
delivered to. or received or taken into
possession by him tor or in the name,
or on the account of his master or en-
ployer, or any part thereof, shall be
deemed to have feloniously stolen the
same from his master or employer.
although such money. goods. bill. note.
bond. check. evidence of debt. or other
valuable security or effects. was not
received into the possession of such
master or EMPLOYER. otherwise than by
the actual possession of his cashier,
servant, agent, clerk or other person
so employed, and being convicted
thereof. shall be punished by impriSon-
ment in the Jail or house of correction
for not more than three years. or in
the penitentiary for not more than
fifteen years, in every indictment for
a violation of this section, when the
offence shall relate to coin or notes,
circulating as money, it shall be suffi-
cient TO allege the embezzlement to be
of money. without specifying any par
ticular coin or notes circulating as
money, and such allegation so far as
regards the description of the pro-
perty, shall be sustained if the often
der shall be proved to have embezzled
any amount of coin or notes circulate
ing as money. although the particular
species OF com or notes circulating as
money. of which such amount was
composed, shall not be proved
SEC. ,. And Be 1t enacted. That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved April Z, 1856.
We hereby certify. that the aforegoing is a
correct copy OF an Act OF the General ASSEM-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session, 1886
VIC. PURNELL
Secretary OF the Senate.
f. b. PRETTYMAN,