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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-16
BILLS OF LADlNG.
CHAPTER 1925.

CHAPTER 125.
AN ACT to add four additional Sec
tons to Article IA of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland,
Entitled Bills of Lading, Storage
and Elevator Receipts" said Sec
lions to be known as Sections l A,
B. G and 1 D. respectively.
Section BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That four
additional Sections be and hereby are
added to Article IA of the Code of Pub
lie General Laws of Maryland, entitled
Bills of Lading, Storage and Eleva-
tor Receipts" said additional Sections
to be known as Section l A, B, G.
and l D respectively
l Aft any bill of lading or any re-
ceipt, voucher or acknowledgment
whatsoever in writing in the nature or
stead of bill of lading for goods,
chattels or commodities of any kind to
be transported on land or water, or on
both, shall contain the word "order"
inserted before or after the name of
the consignee, or if there shall be on
such bill of lading, receipt, voucher or
acknowledgment. any printed or writ
ten matter indicating that the goods,
chattelS or commodities named therein
are to be delivered only upon the order
or endorsement of the consignee or
other party named, such bill of lading
or instrument shall be known as an
order" bill of lading. All order
bills of lading shall be and they are
hereby constituted and declared to be
negotiable instruments and securities
in the same sense as bills of exchange
and promisSory notes and full and COM
plete title to the property in said in
struments mentioned or described, and
all rights and remedies incident to
such title or arising under or derivable
from the said instruments, shall enure
to and be vested in each and every
bona fide holder thereof for value, al
together unaffected by any rights or
equities whatsoever, of or between the
original or any other prior holders of
or parties to the same, of which such
bona fide holder for value shall not
have had actual notice at the time to
become such. No conditions, clauses
or provisions inserted in or attached
to any "order" bill of lading shall in
any manner limit the negotiability
thereof. and every such condition,
clause or provision purporting to lin
it such negotiability shall be void.
1 B-If any "order" bill of lading
shall contain the word Notify A B.
or any other words directing notice to
be given to any person of the arrival
Of the goods, chattels or commodities
at a point of designation. such words
shall not be construed to charge any
holder of such instruments with notice
of any rights or equities of such per-
son so to be notified in the said goods.
chattels or commodities.
C-If any person or corporation. or
any agent of any person or corporation
having issued any "order" bill of 1ading
shall deliver or permit to be delivered
the goods, chattels or commodities
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-16
LICENSES, PENALTIES.
CHAPTER 291.

AN ACT to add a new Section to
Article Sc, Code of Public General
Laws, title Licenses to follow Sec
ton sc B OF said Article, under the
subtitle Penalties" and to be
known as Section sc T..
Section BE it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly OF Maryland, That the
following new Section be. and hereby
is, added to Article 56, Code Of Pub
lie General Laws, title Licenses" to
follow Section ST B OF said Article, I'M
der the subtitle "PenaiLeS, and to be
known as Section ST G.
81 Cit shall not be lawful for any
person, or Tor any club or association
or tor any corporation now formed or
hereafter to De formed, or for any OF
hcer, agent or employe OF any such
cub, association or corporation, to
hue or employ any minor to sell or
dispense anywhere in the State, any
beer or spirituous or fermented iq-
uorS OF any kind at retail, where such
beer or liquors are to be drunk upon
the premises. Any person violating
any provision Of this Section shall up
on conviction be fined sum not eX-
ceedlng $500.
Section 2-And be it enacted, This
Act shall take effect from the date OF
its passage.
Approved April s, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate.
NOBLE l.. MITCHELL,
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk House of
Delegates:
| hereby certify that the aforegoing
is a true copy of an Act OF the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
January Session, 1902.
B. l.. SMITH,
Chief Clerk o. the House of Delegates.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-16
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
CHAPTER 52l.


AN ACT to Amend Article 81 of the
Code of Public General Laws, OF
Maryland, title Grimes and Pun
ishments," subtitle Cruelty to An
imals," by adding a New Section
thereto to be known as Section 46 L.
Section BE it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of Maryland, That Ar
ticle II OF the Code OF Public General
Laws of Maryland, title Grimes and
PuniShmentS,' subtitle Cruelty to
Animals" be and is hereby amended
by adding a new Section ,nereto to be
known as section IL l., and to read as
follows:
Section 46 THAT when complaint
under oath is made to any justice Of
the peace authorized to issue warrants
of arrest, that the complainant has
just and reasonable cause to believe
and does believe that the laws in re-
lation to cruelty to animals have been
or are violated in any building or
place, the magistrate may issue his
search warrant, authorizing and d.
recting any peace officer or peace Of
fcerS to enter and search the building
or place, in order to discover the evil
dence of guilt.
Section 2-And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of it's passage.
Approved April s, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate
NOBLE L. MITCHELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk House of
Delegates:
l hereby certify that the aforegoing
is true copy of an Act OF the General
Assembly of Maryland. passed at Il!
January Session, 1902.
B. l.. SMITH,
Chief Clerk OF the House OF Delegates.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-16
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1902.

railroad in the State or in or on any
steam boat, street car, electric car,
railroad car, passenger train or other
public conveyance, or who shall Wilful-
ly catch hold of and solicit persons
against the will of said persons, or OBJ
struct their free passage to or through
or out of such steamboat wharves,
dock, public waiting rooms, railroad
stations, street cars, electric cars, pas
senger trains or other public convey
ance, shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to fine of not less than
five dollars or more than fifty dollars
and costs, and when such fine and costs
are not paid, the party shall be commit
ted for not less than seven days. or
more than sixty days to the City or
County Jail, such party to be released
at any time before the term of his i'm
prisonment expires upon the payment
of his fine and costs. The justices of
Of this State shall have concurrent jur-
isdiction over such offense with the
Circuit Courts for their respective
counties. and justices of the peace Sc
lected to sit at the respective station
houses in the city of Baltimore shall
have concurrent jurisdiction over such
offense with the Criminal Court of
Baltimore, and any person who shall
commit any of the crimes, offenses or
misdemeanors as defined by this sec
ton may be arrested. tried and convic-
ted as herein provided, in any county
or city in this State, from, to or
through which the said street car. cleo
trio car, railroad car. passenger train
or other public conveyance may run. or
into which he may be brought by said
car or other public conveyance; or in
any county or city in the State in
which he may be found after said
crimes. offenses or misdemeanors have
been committed. Any person who shall
commit any of the crimes, misdemean-
ors or offenses herein mentioned upon
any steam boat. upon the waters of
the Chesapeake Bay within the limits
of this State. and without the body of
any county thereof. may be tried in
any court or before any Justice of the
Peace OF this State having jurisdiction
of similar crimes, offenses and mis-
demeanors OF the county in which he
may be arrested or into which he may
be first brought.
Section 2-And be it enacted. That
this Act shall take effect from the date
Of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President Of the senate.
NOBLE l.. MITCHELL,
Speaker o. the House Of Delegates.
Office OF the Chief Clerk House OF
Delegates:
l hereby certify that the aforegoing
is true copy of an Act o. the General
Assembly Of Maryland, passed at the
January Session, 1902.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-16
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1902.

mentioned in such bill of lading, with
out requiring the surrender OF such bill
of lading and without cancelling the
same by writing or stamping on the
face thereof in conspicuous manner
the word "Cancelled,' or in case of
partial delivery, without endorsing on
such bill of lading the quantity and
description OF the goods, chattels or
commodities so delivered, the said bill
of lading shall be deemed to be and
continue as an outstanding obligation
of the said person or corporation, to
the same extent as though the goods,
chattelS or commodities had not been
delivered, and such person or corpora
ton shall be and continue to be liable
for the delivery OF the said goods, chat
tells or commodities to any present or
subsequent holder of such bill of lading
who became or shall have become such
holder for value and without notice of
the delivery of the goods, chattels or
commodities.
1 D-No person or corporation, or
agent or officer or any person or cor
poration conducting the business of
transporting any goods, chattels or
commodities of any kind. on land or
water, or on both, shall decline or re-
fuse to issue an ''order" bill of lading
for goods. chattels or commodities Of
fered to it for transportation if the
shipper or consignor of such goods,
chattels or commodities shall verbally
or in writing request the issue of such
order bill of lading. And any per-
son or corporation or agent or officer
of any person or corporation wilfully
violating this section or any provision
thereof shall be guilty of a misdemean-
or punishable by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars. in the case
of a corporation. and in the case OF an
individual by fine of not more than
one hundred dollars.
Approved April s. 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH.
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate.
NOBLE L. MITCHELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
l hereby certify that the aforegoing
is a true copy of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
January session, 1902.
ALFRED RITTER,
Secretary of the Senate.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-16
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1902.
INSPECTION OF FOOD AND DRINK.
CHAPTER 50,

AN ACT to ado an Additional Sec
Public General Laws, title Health, :"
subtitle inspection of Food and
Drink" as provided by Chapter GOA
of the Acts of 1890, to follow Sec
ton SIS, and to he known as Sec
ton SIS A.
Section BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That an
additional Section is hereby added to
Article 43 of the Code of Public Cen
eral Laws, title Health" subtitle
inspection of Food and Drink" to
follow Section SIS, as provided in
Chapter 6O4 in the Acts of 1890, and to
be known as Section SIS A, to read as
follows:
Section IS A-No person shall kill
for human food, or shall carry or Of
fer to any butcher, or at any slaughter
house, to be killed for human food,
any female animal within 80 days be-
fore the time for the delivery of its
young, or within 80 days thereafter,
or any animal that is so far disabled
by sickness as to be unable to walk,
or any animal known to said person,
by reason of disease or injury, to be
unfit for human food; and whenever
any Of said animals shall be found at
any place where animals are usually
killed for human food the burden of
proving that such animal was not in
tended for human food shall rest on
the party charged; and any persons
violating the provisions Of this Sec
ton shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and be punished by fine Of not less
than twenty-five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars.
Section 2-And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of it's passage.
Approved March 20, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President Of the Senate
NOBLE L. MITCHELL,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk House of
Delegates:
| hereby certify that the aforegoing
is true copy Of an Act Of the General
Assembly Of Maryland, passed at the
January Session, 1902.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-16
FRAUD IN DRUGS.
CHAPTER 121.

CHAPTER 121.
AN ACT to add an additional Section
to Article q Of the Code of Public
General Laws Of Maryland, title,
Grimes and Punishments, Subtitle
Fraud" by adding a new Section
thereto. to be known as Section
119 A.
Section BE it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That an
additional Section be added to Article
27, Of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, title Grimes and Pun
ishments,' subtitle Fraud" to be
known as Section 119 A, and to read as
follows:
119 Amy person or corporation
engaged in the business Of selling
drugs, medicines. chemicals or prepa-
rations for medical use, or of COM
pounding or dispensing physicians
prescriptions, who shall, in person or
by his or its agents or employees, or
as agent or employee Of some other
person knowingly sell or deliver to
any person a drug, medicine, chemical
preparation for medicinal use recog-
niZed or authorized by the latest edi-
ton Of the United States Pharmacoe-
poea or prepared according to the prf-
vate formula Of some individual or
firm, other or different from the drug,
medicine. chemical or preparation for
medicinal use recognized or authori-
zed by the latest edition of the United
States Pharmacoepoea or prepared ac-
cording to the private formula Of some
individual or firm. ordered or called
for by such person. or called for in
physicians prescription. shall be gull
ty of a misdemeanor and upon convic
ton thereof shall be punished by fine
Of not less than one hundred dollars.
nor more than five hundred dollars, or
by not less than one month. nor more
than twelve months Imprisonment or
by both: and any person so convicted
shall forfeit the right to practice phar-
macy under any certificate or registra-
ton issued under the laws Of this
State
Approved March 81, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH.
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President Of the Senate.
NOBLE L. MITCHELL.
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary Of the Senate:
l hereby certify that the aforegoing
is true copy of an Act of the General
Assembly Of Maryland passed at the
January session. 1902.
ALFRED RITTER.
Secretary of the Senate.
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APPEALS AND ERRORS.
CHAPTER 144.

CHAPTER l44.
AN ACT to repeal Section 90 Of Ar.l-
Gle 5 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, title Appeals
and Error, subtitle Appeals from
Justices of the Peace" and to re-
enact the same with Amendments.
Section BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
ton 90, Article 5, Of the Code of Pub
lie General Laws of Maryland, tt
tie Appeals and Error" subtitle "Ap-
peals from Justices of the Peace be
repealed and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:
92-Before any of the Circuit Courts
of this State or the Baltimore City
Court shall proceed to hear or try
cases brought to their respective
Courts by appeal from the judgments
Of justices of the peace, they shall
first be satisfied that all costs incur
red on the judgments and proceeding
before the justice aforesaid nave
been paid by the appellant, or that
the appellant has given bond, condl-
toned for the payment of the same, II
he does not prosecute his appeal sue
cessfully.
Section And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of It's passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President Of the Senate.
NOBLE L. MITCHELL,
Sneaker OF the House of Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk House OF
Delegates:a
hereby certify that the aforegoing
is a true copy of an Act of the General
Assembly Of Maryland passed at the
January Session, 1902.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
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SURE TIES.
CHAPTER 457.

AN ACT to add q new Section to Ar
ticle 80 of the Code Of Public General
Laws, title "Sureties," to be designa-
ted as Section 5 A.
Section BE 1t enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of Maryland, That the
following additional Section be added
to the Code Of Public General Laws.
title "Sureties' to follow Section S,
and to be known as Section A of said
Article.
Amy surety or the personal rep
resentative Of any surety upon the
bond Of trustees, committees, guar
dians, assignees, receivers. exec
utors, administrators, or any fiduciary
may apply, by petition to the Court
wherein said bond is directed to be
filed, or which may have jurisdiction
OF said fiduciary praying to be relieved
of further liability as such surety for
the acts or omissions of such fiduciary
which may occur after the date of the
order relieving said surety, any order
or decree for such relief shall require
such fiduciary to show cause why he
should not account, and said surety be
relieved from further liability as afore-
said, and said fiduciary be required to
give new bond; and shall be made re-
turnable at such time and place and to
be served in such manner as said court
may direct, and said court may re-
strain such fiduciary in the meantime
from acting except in such manner as
it may direct to preserve the estate;
and upon the return of such order to
show cause, if the fiduciary account in
due form Of law and file the new bond
duly approved, then said Court shall
make an order releasing said surety
from liability upon the bond for
any subsequent act or default Of
the fiduciary, and in default of said
fiduciary accounting and filing such
new bond said Court shall make an
order directing such fiduciary to ac-
count and file new bond within thirty
days; and if he shall so account and
file new bond duly approved, such
surety shall be discharged from all
further liability for the acts or omis-
sions of the fiduciary after the date
OF such surety being so relieved or dis
charged and If such f1duciary shall
fail. within the time specified by order
of Court, to account and file new
bond as directed therein, the Court
shall remove such fiduciary and ap-
DOluI SuCCeSSOl LII luC u uoI, WIZ
shall be authorized to proceed against
such fiduciary and his bond for the
recovery Of the estate. The cost of
proceeding under this Act shall be tax
ed in the discretion of the Court, pro-
vided that the Court before releasing
such surety shall adiudge what pro-
portion. if any. of the money paid such
surety for going on such bond. shall
be returned to the estate or party pay
ing the same.
Section 2-And be it further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April 8. 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President Of the Senate.
NOBLE L. MITCHELL,
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
l hereby certify that the aforegoing
is true copy of an Act OIL the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
January session, 1902.
ALFRED RITTER,
Secretary Of the Senate.
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PLEADING AND PRACTICE.
CHAPTER 449.

CHAPTER 44S.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact Win
amendments Section A, of Article
rs, of the Code Of Public General
Laws, title "Pleading, Practice and
Process of Law"
Section BE it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly OF Maryland, That Sec.
ton No. % A, OF Article No. 70 OF
the Code of Public General Laws, title
pleading, Practice and Process OF
Law" as enacted by Chapter No. 367
of the Acts of 1896, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:
Section % A-Whenever any 1nsur-
ance company or surety or bonding
company of any kind whatsoever shall
have a duly accredited agent in any
county or city Of this State resident
therein, and shall become obligated by
it's policy or other contract express
or implied to any resident of any such
county or city, the said company may
sue or be sued on such policy as other
contracts in the same manner as II
resident in such city or county by
causing process to be served on such
resident agent, which shall be as effec-
tive in law and equity as if such SER
vice had been made on the president,
director or directors of such company;
and the judgment rendered in such
case shall have the same force and
effect as otner judgments would or
could have.
Section 2-And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President OF the Senate.
NOBLE L. MITCHELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
l hereby certify that the aforegoing
is a true copy of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
January session, 1902.
ALFRED RITTER,
Secretary of the Senate.