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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
BALTIMORE CITY STOCK.
CHAPTER 1856.

Niihi 100
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Sections l04, LOG and
l07 of Article 81 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland of
1904, title, Revenue and Taxes"
subtitle, Payment of State Taxes
on Baltimore City Stock
Section BE it enacted by T.
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections 104, LOG and 107 of Article
81 of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland of 1904. title, Revenue
and Taxes" subtitle, Payment of
State Taxes on Baltimore City Stock,
be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendmnts so
as to read as follows:
Sec. 104-The City Register shall
ON the first day of each and every
month in which the interest on any
city stock is payable make out and
deliver to the Appeal Tax Court a fun
and accurate list of the holders of all
loans of the city, the interest on
which is payable in any of said re-
spective months or during the month
for which said list is made out.
Sec 106-The City Register shall
retain from the interest paid on all
the several city loans to the holders
thereof, included in the said corrected
list returned to him by the said court
the State tax imposed for the cur
rent year on all of said loans by THIS
article. He shall make such deduc-
tions from the installments of interest
payable from time to time on said city
stock. and he shall, as soon as prac-
ticable after the first day OF Septem-
Der in each year, pay over such state
tax to the State Comptroller.
Sec 107-If the City Register shall
fns1 20 and
liver to the said Court the list OF hold
ers of all the said stock loans as here
in required. 1t shall be the duty of the
said Court to ascertain in such man
ner as they may deem most accurate
the amount of all said stock loans OF
the city of Baltimore outstanding on
the first day of each month in each
year in which such failure or refusal
shall take place, and on or before the
first day of September in said year
make out and deliver one copy of a
statement certified by them, showing
the amount of said stock so ascer.
tanned by them, and its assessed
copy thereof to the State Comptroller:
and the City Register shall thereup-
on paw the tax aforesaid, which he Is,
in Section 106 of this Article, directed
to deduct from the interest payable on
said loans; but the City Register shall
not be required to set apart and pay
over the said tax on any part of said
stock loans which he may satisfy the
State Comptroller by a certificate to
that effect. signed by the said Court
or by other satisfactory evidence, was
held on the first day of any month in
any year for which the tax may be
come due, and by any person entitled
under the laws of this State to hold
the same free from taxation.
o-AO1 no If further enacted
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FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.
CHAPTER 800.


AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 200 Of Chapter
All Of the Acts of the General As
sembly OF Maryland, Session of
1868, being identical with some of
the provisions of Sections 400 and
All Of Article 23 of the Code of
1904.
Section BE 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 100 of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, Session
of 1868, being Identical with some Of
the provisions of Sections 400 and
All Of Article % of the Code OF 1904,
be and the same is hereby repealed
and re.enacted to read as follows:
Section 209-Any corporation not
chartered by the laws OF this State.
which shall transact business therein,
shall be deemed to hold and exeI-
else franchises within this State, and
shall be liable to suit in any OF the
courts of this State on any dealings
or transactions therein and also shall
be liable to suit in any of the Courts
of this State, or any controversy
which may arise between such cor
; grafton and any resident of this
State.
Sec. 2-And be It enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date OF
its passage.
Approved April 6. 1908.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
JOSEPH -. SETH.
President OF the Senate.
J. ENOS RAY. JR..
s eaker House OF Delegates
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
CRIMINAL CASES, JURISDICTION.
CHAPTER 40S.

AN ACT IN armand Article Of os the
90 % n,,,',ia CanaI 80 ItooN
Coue Vi ruo'ic 1eheral LAWS 'l'of1
title, Grimes and Punishment
subtitle, Jurisdiction" by adding
now Section thereto following
st. 100 80 10 Ias,anataJ no Sac'
Sectioh 400 10 ne ueslshateu 10 oe'-
ton ABA.
section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of MARYLAND, That
Hrticle ~ Of the Code of Public Gen
a,,ai laws t1901) title. "Crimes and
T ga "a i,am1 Sub- title "Jnrisdiction."
4, harnhv amended NV the addition of
IS neree Syec ainI FolloWinp section 4s3
70 he numbered Section 433A, and to
80 w 1e .n fnlIows.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
COLUM BUS DAY.
CHAPTER 1SI.

AN ACT to amend Article 10, Section
ing September 18th, Defenders
Day" legal holiday
Section BE IL enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 9 of Article 10. Public Gen
eral Laws of Maryland, be and the
same is hereby amended and alter
ed, and re-enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 9-The following days in each
and every year. viz: The first day of
January, commonly called New Years
Day; the twenty-second of February,
known as Washington's Birthday:
the thirtieth day of May, Decoration
Day; the fourth day of July called In
dependence Day; the twelfth day OF
September known as Defenders Day;
the twelfth day of October, known as
Columbus Day: the twenty-fifth day of
Good Friday; all days of general and
Congressional elections throughout
the State; and all special days that
may be appointed or recommended
by the Governor of this State, or by
the President of the United States, as
days of thanksgiving or fasting and
prayer, or other religious observance,
or for the general cessation of bust
ness, shall be regarded as legal holt
days. and shall be duly observed as
such, and shall for all purposes what
soever as regards the presenting for
payment or acceptance. and of the
protesting and giving notice of dis
honor of bills of exchange, bank
checks, drafts and promissory notes
presentable for acceptance or pay
ment on these said days shall be
deemed to be presentable for accept
ance or payment on the secular or
business day next preceding such holt
day.
Sec 2-And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April l. 1908
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.
J. ENOS RAY. JR.
Speaker House of Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
LARCENY OF FISH.
CHAPTER 1913.

CHAPTER 12S.
AN ACT to punish persons taking
and carrying away with intent to
convert to their own use, fish of an
other person, firm or corporation
from any boat, livebox, or in the
pocket or crib of any pound net
or Enclosed or gilled in a fish net OF
any kind.
Section BE 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland That
any person or persons taking and car
rying away any fish belonging to an
other person, firm or corporation,
with intent to convert the same to
their own use, from any boat, live
box, or in the pocket or crib of any
pound net or inclosed or gilled in a
fish net of any kind, shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and upon trial and
conviction shall be fined a sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars. or
sentenced to the county Jail In the
county where he shall be first brought.
TO trial, or TO the Maryland House of
Correction, for a period not exceed
ing two years or both fine and i'm
pTisonment
Sec. 2-And be 1t enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved March %, 1908.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
JOSEPH B. SETH.
President of the Senate.
]. ENOS RAY. JR.
Speaker House OF Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
NON RESIDENTS IN cHANcERY
CHAPTER SO.

CHAPTER SO.
ticle 16, title, "Chancery," subtitle,
"Non- Residents" of the Code OF
Public General Laws OF Maryland,
1904, to be inserted after Section
1924. Article 16, and to be known as
Section 124A.
Section BE It enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
a new section be added to Article 16
OF the Code Of Public General Laws of
Maryland 1904, to be inserted after
Section 1874, Article 10, and to be
known as Section 124A, and to read
as follows:
Sec. 124A-In all cases where a bill
in chancery may be filed for the sale,
lease, mortgage or other disposition OF
land or to affect any funds which
would descend as real estate, and the
owner Of the whole or OF any part
thereof, or Of any interest therein,
whether resident or nonresident, Is
dead, and It is not known to the com
plainant or complainants in said bill
whether or not said deceased person
or persons left any heirs. or. II there
are such heirs, who they are or
whether they be residents Of this
State, or non-residents, the said heirs
scribed as the unknown heirs OF such
deceased person or persons, and the
said bill of complaint shall pray that
they be proceeded against as non-resi-
dents. In all such cases the order OF
publication shall Issue as OF course, In
the manner now, or which may be
hereafter prescribed by law, for the
issuance Of the order of publication
against nOn-residents and shall be
published and the publication thereof
proved as In cases of order Of publica-
tion against non-residents. When such
order Of publication shall have been
issued and published as aforesaid, all
persons who may he the heirs at law
of such deceased person or persons,
whether they be residents or non-resI-
dents, shall be bound by the decree
which may be passed by the Court in
said case. and all the right, title and
interest in said land, or in said fund.
owned by said decedent shall pass and
be Invested In the decree that may be
passed in said cause
Sec. -2-And be It further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from
the date Of its passage.
Approved March 1S, 1908.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH.
President of the Senate.
]. ENOS RAY, JR.,
Speaker House OF Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
CONTROLLING PUBLIC lNsTlTU-
TIONS.

CHAPTER SIT.
AN ACT to add an additional section
to Article 81 of the Code of Public
General Laws (Code of 1900, relat-
ing to "Crimes and Punishments.'
under the new subtitle of Con
tracts with Public Institutions"
Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
The following section be added to Ar.
ticle q of the Code of Public General
Laws (Code of 1900, relating to
Grimes ana Punishments," to be In
serted after Section 429, under the
new subtitle of Contracts with Pub
lie Institutions" and to be known as
Section 429A, to wit:
Sec 429A-Every person having
any official connection, either as ON
Ger. agent, trustee or member OF the
board of visitors of any public tnsti-
tuition, or private institution support
ed in whole or in part by money ap-
propriated by the State of Maryland,
who shall, after the passage or THIS
Act become directly or indirectly
concerned or Interested, for pront, III
any contract, purchase or sale OF any
thing for by, or on account OF such
institution, shall be deemed guilty OF
a misdemeanor and any person SO
offending shall upon conviction In any
court of this State be Immediately dis
missed from employment or forfeit
his place as such officer, agent, trus-
tee or member of the board Of visit
ors, and be subject to fine OF not to
exceed Ave hundred dollars, to be re-
covered as other fines are, or impris,.
oned for term in the Maryland
House of Correction not to exceed one
year.
Sec. 2-That this Act shall take eff
feet from the date of Its passage.
Approved April 6, 1908.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
Governor
President Of the Senate.
j. ENOS RAY. JR.,
Speaker House OF Delegates.
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rules and regulations governing such
traffic, as may from time to time be
required.
Sec. 4-That any person, firm or
corporate body violating the pro,
visions of this Act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction SHALL in the proper court
of the county in which such cattle
are sold offered for sale, delivered
to a purchaser, or in which such cattle
NAV be detained in transit, for each
offense forfeit and pay fine of not
more than one hundred dollars, or
be punished by Imprisonment for not
exceeding thirty days, either or botn
at the discretion of the Court Such
person, firm or corporate body shall
be liable for the full amount of the
damages that may result from the
violation of this Act.
Sec 5-The State Live Stock SAM
tary Board is hereby charged with
the enforcement of this Act and is
authorized to see that its provisions
are obeyed, and to make, from time to
time, such rules and regulations as
may be necessary and proper for It's
enforcement.
Sec. 6-And be it enacted. That
this Act shall go into effect July l.
one thousand nine hundred and eight
July |, 1909.
Approved April 6, 1908.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
Governor
JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.
j. ENOS RAY, JR:,
Speaker House of Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
JOSEPH b. SETH,
President of the Senate.
J. ENOS RAY. JR.,
Speaker House of Delegates.
DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF AT.
TORNEYS.

CHAPTER Gas.
AN ACT to repeal Section / of Artl-
Gle 10 of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws of this State, title, AT
torneys at Law and Attorneys In
Fact" and to re-enact the same
with Amendments.
Section BE 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section ! of Article 10 of the Code Of
Public General Laws of this State be
and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments, so as to
read as follows:
Section /. No person shall prac-
tice the profession or perform the
services of an attorney at law with
in this state without being admitted
to the bar as hereinafter directed;
and anv person who shall give any
legal advice. represent any person In
the trial of any case at law or In
equity, or prepare any written instru
ment affecting the title to real estate,
for pay or reward, shall be deemed an
attorney. at law for the purpose OF
this Article.
Sec. BE 1t enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date OF
Its passage.
Approved April 6, 1908.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH,
President OF the Senate.
]. ENOS RAY. JR.,
Speaker House OF Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
DISCRETION OF WIFE OR CHILD
CHAPTER 694.

CHAPTER 694.
AN ACT to add section to Article 81
of the Code of Public General Laws
as legalized by Chapter ~ of the
Acts of 1904, title, Grimes and
Punishments," tub-title. "Desertion
of Wife and Child" said section to
be known as Section 70A.
Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
a section be added to Article q of
the Code of Public General Laws as
legalized by Chapter " of the Acts of
1904, title, Grimes and PuniShments,
subtitle, "Desertion of Wife or Child
said section to follow Section 70 and
be known as Section 70A, and to read
as follows:
70A-When any person shall have
been convicted under the two preced-
ing sections, or either of them, and
sentenced to imprisonment in the
Maryland House of Correction, the
court passing sentence upon such per-
son may in its discretion pass an or
der directing the board of managers
of the said House of Correction to al
lot and pay over to the wife, minor
child or minor children, or to such
person or persons on behalf of said
wife, minor child or minor children as
the court in its said order may direct,
ihV vi ouNh Bol 90 NhC tOui
may specify the earnings of the la
Dor of such person so sentenced.
which the said board of managers I'M
der the provisions of Section 473 of
this Article otherwise would or might
allot and pay to such person so SEN
fenced at the time of his release;
provided, that the said court in its
order may likewise direct and specify
the time or times when such allot-
ment and payment shall be made, and
whether the same shall be paid week
ly, monthly or otherwise; and pro-
vided further, that the court In its dis
erection may modify, amend or rescind
such order in whole or part at any
time during the continuance of any
sentence.
Sec. 2-Be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect upon the date of its
passage.
Approved April s, 1908.
AUSTIN l., CROTHERS,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.
J. ENOS RAY, JR..
Speaker House of Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS
CHAPTER 1853.

CHAPTER 1853.
AN ACT to repeal Section 85L of Ar
ticle 90 of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws of Maryland of 1888, title,
Corporations" subtitle, General
Regulations" as the same was Or
iginally enacted by the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of
1892, Chapter 1903, and repealed and
re-enacted by the Acts of the Gener-
al Assembly of Maryland Of 1904,
Chapter 101, and as the same now
appears in the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws of Maryland OF 1904, Ar
ticle 20, Section 104, title, Corpora
TONS" subtitle, General Regula-
tions," and to re-enact the same with
amendments.
Section BE 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section S5L of Article % Of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland
of 1888, title, Corporations" sub
title, General Regulations" as the
same was originally enacted by the
Acts of the General Assembly Of
Maryland of 1892, Chapter 109, and
repealed and re-enacted by the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland of
1904, Chapter 101, and as the same
now appears In the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland Of 1904,
Article 23, Section 104, title, "Corpor-
lions" be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amend
ments so as to read as follows:
sell - The stockholders Of every
such safe deposit, trust and loan COM
pany or association shall be held In
dividually responsible equally and
ratably and not one for another, for
all contracts, debts and engagements
of every such corporation to the ex-
tent of the amount of their stock
therein at the par value thereof, In
addition to the amount invested in
such stock. Persons having stock en-
tered on the books of the corpora
ministrator, guardian, trustee or
Pledge shall not be personally sub
iect to any liability on such stock
holders, but the person pledging the
stock and the estate and funds In the
hands of such executor, administrator,
guardian or trustee shall be subject
to the liability imposed upon the hold
ers of said shares. And the liability
of such stockholders shall be an as
set of the corporation for the benefit
ratably of all the depositors and cred
itors OF any such corporation, II neces-
sary, TO pay the debts of such corpora
tion, and shall be enforceable only by
appropriate proceedings by receiver,
assignee or trustee of such corpora
ton acting under the orders OF a court
of competent Jurisdiction; provided,
that this Act shall not affect the
rights Or remedies OF any creditor or
depositor under the existing laws OF
this State against the stockholders of
any such corporation, who were liable
to any such creditor or depositor at
the date Of the passage of this Act;
and provided further, that nothing in
this Act shall be considered as a con-
struction by the Legislature OF the
law hereby repealed.
Sec. And be It enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date OF
its passage.
Approved March 80, 1908.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
Governor.
JOSEPH b. SETH,
President of the Senate.
J. ENOS RAY, JR.,
Speaker House OF Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
PROTECTION OF CATTLE.
CHAPTER 1865.

CiiEhA III o'V'
AN ACT to protect the health of the
domestic animals of the State of
Maryland.
Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
the importation of dairy COWS and
meat cattle for breeding purposes in
to the State of Maryland is hereby
prohibited, excepting when such cows
and meat cattle are accompanied by
certificate from an inspector, whose
competency and reliability are certi-
fled to by the authorities charged
with the control of the diseases of do
nestle animals in the State from
whence the cattle came, certifying
that they have been examined and
subjected to the tuberculin test. and
are free from disease.
Sec. 2-That in lieu of an inspec-
ton certificate, as above required, the
cattle may be detained at suitable
stock yards nearest to the State line
on the railroad over which they are
shipped, and then examined at the
expense of the owner; or cattle as
the State, may. under such restric-
lions as may be provided by the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board. be
shipped in quarantine to their des-
tination in Maryland, there to remain
in quarantine until properly examin-
ed at the expense of the owner, and
released by the State Live Stock
Sanitary Board.
Sec. 3-The State Live Stock SAM
tary Board is hereby authorized and
empowered to prohibit the importa-
ton of domestic animals into the
State of Maryland whenever in their
Judgment such measures may be
necessary for the proper protection
of the health Of the domestic animals
OF the State, and to make and enforce
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
JOSEPH B SETH,
Governor.
J. ENOS RAY. JR..
Speaker House of Delegates.
POUND NETS IN PATUxENT.


CHAP EN- 2J3.
AN ACT to regulate pound net fish.
ing in the Patuxent River.
Section BE 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall not be lawful for any person,
persons or corporation, to set, place
construct or use any net (known as
pound netsD in the waters of the Pa
tuxent River. or in any creek, cove or
inlet. on either side of said river.
above Magruder's Ferry Wharf in
Prince Georges County, nor shall II
be lawful to set such pounds between
Magruder's Ferry Wharf and Holland
Point Wharf less than five hundred
yards apart, as measured by the chan.
mel Of the river. and any person or
persons or corporation violating the
provisions of this Act shall, upon con
victiOn be fined not more than one
hundred dollars for each and every
offense.
Approved April !, 1908
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.
J. ENOS RAY. JR.
Speaker House OF Delegates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-04-24
COLLATERAL INHERITANCE TAX
CHAPTER sos.


AN ACT TO repeal and re-enact with
Amendments Sections III and $40
of Article 81 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title,
Revenue and Taxes" subtitle,
Collateral Inheritance Tax"
Section BE It enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section III and Section 140 OF Arti-
Gle 81 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland of 1904, title, Rev
enue and Taxes" subtitle, Cola
teral Inheritance Tax" be and the
same are hereby respectively repeal
ed and re-enacted with amendments,
so as to read respectively as follows
III; All estates, real, personal and
mixed, money, public and private Sc
curitles for money of every kind pass
ing from any person who may die
seized and possessed thereof being
In this State, or any part of such es-
tate or estates, money or securities,
or interest therein, transferred by
deed. will, grant, bargain, gift or sale,
made or intended to take effect in
possession after the death of the
grantor, bargain, devisor or donor. to
any person or persons, bodies polite
or corporate, In trust or otherwise
other than to or for the use of the
rather, mother, husband, wife, chill
dren and lineal descendants OF the
grantor, bargainor or testator, donor
or lntestate, shall be subject to a tax
OF five per centum in every hundred
dollars OF the clear value of such es-
tates, money or securities and all ey-
ecutors and administrators shall only
be discharged from liability for the
amount OF such tax, the payment of
which they be charged with. by pay
ing the same for the use OF this State,