Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-05-06
CHAPTER 4i9.

AN ACT 10 prevent deception and fraud by
owners or agents who may have control Of
any stallion kept for service by proclaiming
or publishing fraudulent or fale pedigrees
or records, and to protect such owners or
agents in the collection Of fees for services
OF such stations, and TO prevent the enter
ing Of trotting horses out Of their classes.
SECTION 1. Be It enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, That every owner or
agent who may have the custody or control Of
any stallion, who shall charge q fee for the
service Of such stallion, shall before adver-
Using or offering such service to the public
for any fee, reward or compensation, file with
the clerk Of the Circuit Court In the county
in which such owner or owners, agent or
agents reside or in which such stallion shall
be kept for service, or II such service shall be
offered In the city OF Baltimore, then with
the clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas, .
written statement giving the name, age, pedi-
gree and record, IL known, and If not known
then that the same is unknown, the descrip-
tion, terms and conditions upon which such
stallion will serve. Upon fling such state
meni, the clerk Of the Circuit Court for the
county, or of the Court Of Common Pleas Of
Baltimore, as the case may be, shall issue o
certificate or license to the owner or owners,
agent or agents having the custody or control
Of such stallion, that such statement has
been filed in his office; the owner or owners,
lion shall, then, post a written or printed copy
Of the statement SO filed with such clerk In .
conspicuous place in each locality In which
said stallion. shall be kept for service.
SEC, =. Every owner or agent who shall
proclaim or publish false or fraudulent
pedigree or record Or statement Of any kind
regarding any stallion, or who shall neglect
or refuse to comply with the provisions OF
Section one Of this Act shall forfeit all ices
for the services OF such stallion, and the per-
son or persons who may be deceived or de-
trauded by such false or fraudulent pedigree
or record or statement may sue and recover in
any court OF competent Jurisdiction such
damages as may be shown to have been sus-
tanned by reason OF such false and fraudulent
representation.
eEc 5 Whenever the owner or agent Of
an owner or owners Of any stallion shall have
complied with the foregoing provisions Of this
art The services Of such stallion shall become
lien on each mare served, together with the
hal Of such mare resulting from such service
for an amount agreed upon between the par
ties Al tho time Of service. or In the event Of
no such agreement having been entered into
between them, then in such an amount a.
specified for service fee OF such stallion or
stallion in the statement hereinbefore required
10 DO fled with the clerks Of said respective
courts, provided. that y notice Of such lien
shall be filed within six months after such
service, which lien shall terminate at the end
Of one year from the date OF filing notice
thereof, unless within that time an action
shall be commenced for the enforcement
thereof
SEC. l. II Is hereby made unlawful for
any perton or persons, knowingly, to enter or
cause 10 be entered for composition, or 10 COM
pete for any purse, prize, premium. stake or
sweepstake offered or given by any agricul-
tural or other eociety. association or person or
persons In the State Of Maryland. and horse,
mare or Relding colt or lilly under an 40
lsumed name or out Of It's proper class when
such prize, purse, premium. stake or sweep
stake is to be DECIDED by contest in ,rotting
races
SIC. 5. And he Il enacted, That any per.
son or persons found guilty OF violation OF
Section four Of this Act shall, upon convic-
ltion thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary
Cor not less than one year nor more than three
years, or imprisoned in the jail Of the county
or the city Of Baltimore, az the case may be
in which the offence was committed for any
definite period not less than ak month& and