The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-05-12
CHAPTER sl5.

An Act TO repeal and re.enaet with amend
ments Section III of Article 27 Of the Code
of Public General Laws of the State of
Maryland little Grimes and Punishments,
sub title Fraud by Mortgages of Personal
Property and relating to the fraudulent
removing, hypothecating, secreting, de-
siroying or selling of mortgaged personal
properly by the mortgagor thereof of per
sonal property levied ON by the judgment
debtor Of personal property purchased un.
der an unrecorded conditional written con-
tract by the purchaser.
SECTION l. BE IL enacted Jy tie General
assembly Of Maryland, That Section III of
Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, title ''Crimes and Punish
nents," subtitle "Fraud by Mortgages of
Personal Property" be and the same is hereby
repealed and e-enacted so as to read rs fol-
lows:
3. Any mortgagor OF personal property in
possession of the same, or any purchaser oil
personal property under an unreeorded con
ditional written contract in possession of the
said property, or any execution debtor IN pos
session of personal property levied on and
taken in execution, who in the case of mort
gagged personal property without the consent
Of the mortgage or his assigns, first had and
obtained in writing or who III the case Of the
purchaser of personal property, under an un-
recorded conditional written contract without
the consent first had and obtained in writing
of the conditional vendor in said contract or
his assigns, or who in the case of personal
property levied on and taken into execution,
without the consent of the execution creditor,
his assigns or lawfully authorized agents,
first had and obtained in writing, and with
intent TO defraud the mortgage or his as
signs and to defeat his or their lien under
said mortgage, or with intent TO detrand the
said conditional vender of personal property
in an unrecorded conditional written con
tract, or his assigns, or with intent to defraud
the execution creditor or his assigns, and de-
feat his or their lien under said execution,
shall remove any of the personal property, So
mortgaged, or purchased under said un.
recorded conditional written contract, or
levied on and taken in execution as afore-
said, as the case may be, beyond the limits
of city or county where it was located when
so mortgaged OF purchased under said un-
recorded conditional written contract, or
levied on and taken in execution, or who
with intent as aforesaid removes, secrets, hy-
pothecates, destroys or sells the same, shall
be deemed guilty of msdemeanor and on
indictment therefor, and conviction thereof,
shall be imprisoned in the city or county
Jail not more than six months, or shall be
fined not more than i've hundred dollars or
both in the discretion of the court; but moth
ing herein contained shall be construed to
relieve the sheriff or other officer holding
said execution from his responsibility to the
execution creditor for the safe keeping of any
personal properly by him levied on and taken
in execution as aforesaid,
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act Of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session,
1894 ]. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary Of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.