The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-05-19

in which such sale or sales or traffic at
such seeds, or any of them, or other agri-
cultural products is proposed to be made, q
written statement Of the kind of seed or
agricultural product offered for sale or
traffic, with full description of the same,
and the advantages claimed for the same
over other seed or products of the same
variety, to which written statement shall
be attached the name and place of residence
of the person or persons, company or firm
offering for sale or traffic such seeds or
products.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any
person or persons, company, firm or agent
violating the provisions of the foregoing
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before JUS
tice of the Peace on warrant to be issued
in the name of the State of Maryland,
shall be fined not less than fifty nor more
than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in
the county jail for not less than three nor
more than six months, or be both fined
and imprisoned in the discretion of the
Justice or the Court, if the accused de-
mand trial by jury before the Circuit
Court.
SEC g. And be it enacted, That any
person or persons, firm or company offer
ing for barter, sale or traffic, any oats,
wheat, rye, corn, clover seed or other agri-
cultural product, representing them, or any
of them, as possessing qualities or product
iveness superior to the same varieties in
general cultivation, and selling the same
on credit, or in any way bartering or traf-
fcing in the same, shall in each and every
case state in the note or bill of exchange
taken for the same, the kind or variety of
the seed sold or bartered, with succinct
statement of the advantages or superior
qualities claimed for such seed or products,
and the terms on which the same is bar
tered or sold, and the note taken shall con-
tain general warranty as to the kind,
quality and value of the article sold.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That any
person who shall violate either of the pro-
visions of the foregoing section shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton on indictment in the Court having
jurisdiction of the offence, shall be fined
not less than five hundred dollars not
more than one thousand dollars, or i'm
prisoned in the penitentiary for not less
than one nor more than five years.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That any
person or persons, firm, corporation, agent
or agents making sale of any of the seed
or products named in the foregoing sections
of this Act by false or fraudulent repre-
sensations as to its quality or productive
ness, Or shall sell or offer to sell the same
by any artifce or device, whereby the
purchaser may be deceived, shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and upon conviction on
indictment, shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than five hun
dred dollars for each offence, or imprison-
ed in the Maryland House of Correction
for not less than six months nor more than
two years, or be both fined and imprison-
ed in the discretion of the Court.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved April 9th, 1888.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing
is correct copy of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed January
Session, 1888.
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.