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CHAPTERS s.

AN ACT to add an additional section to
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Crimes and Punish
ments,'' subtitle "Poison - At
tempting to, said additional sec
ton to follow Immediately after
Section 400 of said Article and sub
title and to be numbered 409A.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the Gen.
erdI Assembly of Maryland, That an ad-
ditional section be and the same hereby
is added to Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title Crimes and
Punishments, subtitle Poison-At-
tempting to, said additional section to
follow Immediately after Section 400 of
said Article and subtitle, to be numbered
409A, and to read as follows;
409A. Every person, his aiders and
abettors, who knowingly and wilfully
poisons, lefles or in any way corrupts
or eontaminates the waters of any well,
spring, brook, lake, pond, stream, river,
reservoir or other source of water supply,
or any tributary thereof, used or disable
for drinking or domestic purposes, by
means of disease germs or bacteria or the
insertion of any other poison or poison
Gus matter therein, or attempts so to do,
or eonspires or connives thereat, and
every person, his aiders and abettors,
who, by like means, knowingly and viii
fully poisons, defiles or in any way cor
rupts or contaminates any drink, food or
food products or supply, or attempts so
to do, or conspires or connives thereat,
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be subject to i'm
prisonment in the Penitentiary for not
more than twenty years, in the discretion
of the Court.
SEC. .. 4nd be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency Law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon by a yea
and nay vote supported by three-ffths of
all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
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CHAPTER 1e.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Chapter 4l9 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Mary
land of 1916, title g. An Act to regu-
late the taking OF catching of crabs
in the waters of Somerset County,"
so as to make said law applicable to
all the waters of the. State, and to
provide a penalty for violation there
of.
SECTION /. Be II enacted by the Gen
eral assembly of Maryland, That Chapter
4l9 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1916, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as TO read as follows:
1t shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to take, catch or have in his or
their possession any hard crabs, other
than one in the peeler state, measuring
less than five inches across the shell from
tip to tip of spike, or any peelers or soft
crabs measuring less than three inches
across the shell from tip to tip of spike,
nor shall any person or persons take, catch
or have in his or their possession any egg
bearing female crab, known as the spawn
crab, sponge crab, blooming female crab,
or mother crab, nor any female crab from
which the egg pouch or bunion has been
removed, nor shall any person or persons
take, catch or keep in floats or in his or
their possession any fat crabs, or any
crab known as snot crab or green crab.
The provisions of this section shall apply
to all waters of the State of Maryland,
and any person violating any provision of
this section shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor and shall upon conviction be fined
not less than ten nor more than fifty dol
lars for each offense.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon yea and
nay vote supported by three ffths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date Of its
passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
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CHAPTER 10.

AN ACT to provide for extending, dur
ing the continuance of the present
war, the time limited by the laws
of this State for the institution Of
legal proceedings, by citizens who
are unable to institute the same,
within the time so limited, because
of absence from the State in the
military or naval service of the
United States, and in case Of the
death or insanity Of such persons.
SECTION /. BE it enacted the Gen
erdl assembly Of Maryland, That if any
citizen of this State, entitled TO insti-
tute or bring any action, suit or pro-
ceeding in this State, is unable during
the continuance of the present war, to
institute or bring the same within the
time limited therefor by the laws of
this State, because of absence from
this State in the military or naval serv-
ice of the United States, such person
shall not on that account be barred, but
shall be entitled to institute or bring
such action, suit or proceeding within
six months after the removal of such
disability; otherwise the same shall be
barred.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That in case of the death or insanity Of
any such person while so absent from
this State, such action, suit or proceed
ing may be brought by his personal
representatives, if maintainable by
them, within the time limited therefor
by the laws of this State, except that
the right of such personal representa-
tives to maintain such action, suit or
proceeding, shall in no event be barred
before the expiration of one year from
such death or insanity.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon a yea
and nay vote supported by three-fifths
of all the members elected to each Of
the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly,, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
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BY the Governor:
THOMAS w. SIMMONS,
Secretary of State.
CHAPTER Z.


AN ACT to punish the storing of food
stuffs for the purpose of eornering
the market, and providing penalty
therefor.
SECTION /. Be it enacted By the Gen
erdi Assembly Of Maryland, IN extra ses-
sion assembled, That any person carrying
on or employed in interstate trade in any
article suitable for human food who,
either in his individual capacity or as an
officer, agent or employee of a corpora
ton, or member of a partnership, carry
ing on or employed in such trade, shall
store any such article for the purpose of
cornering the market or increasing the
price above the market price thereof, or
for the purpose of limiting the supply
thereof to the public, whether temporarily
or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty of a
felony, and punished by Imprisonment
for not less than six months nor more
than three years.
SEC 2. Ind be II further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon yea and
nay vote supported by three-ffths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the first day of
July, 1917.
Approved June 2Sth, 1917.
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fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of
the Court: 1t shall be construed as q
separate and distinct offense for each
day the nuisance is permitted to con-
tinne after the expiration of the time
limit set forth in the notice for the
abatement of such nuisance, provided,
however, that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to alter, change, modify
or restrict the jurisdiction of the State
Board of Health of Maryland; provided,
however, that the provisions of this Sec
ton shall not apply to the Sewerage Dis,
posal Plant of any city, town or county
in this State.
SEC. 3. 4Hd be It further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws, whether
general or local, inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act, be and the same
hereby are repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
SEC. 4. Ind be Il further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon a yea and
nay vote supported by three-ffths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved June 9th, 1917.
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CHAPTER 12.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Sections 132, 1873, 134
and 135 of Article 70 of the Ammo
tated Code of Maryland, title "oys-
ters,'' subtitle Preserved Areas, +"
so as to extend the operation of said
subtitle to other localities of tho
State, and to vest certain powers in
the Conservation Commission OF
Maryland with respect thereto; and
to add two new sections to said Arti-
Gle, the same to follow Section 1876
thereof. and to be known as See
tions 1854 and 1853, authorizing
the Conservation Commission to re-
serve and replenish scraping areas
upon certain conditions and restric-
tions, and also to set aside dredging
area not to exceed one thousand acres
for experimental work in propaga-
ton and cultivation of oysters.
SECTION l. Be It enacted By the Gen.
erol Assembly of Maryland. That Sections
1872. 1873. Is4 and l35 of Article ~ of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
q oysters, subtitle Reserved Areas, =
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with the Governors Proclamation Under Chap SO Thereof

the natural beds, bars and rocks of the
Chesapeake Bay or tributaries in dredg-
ing area not to exceed in the aggregate
one thousand acres, and to give notice
thereof in the manner stated in Section
1872, and TO transplant thereon seed oys-
tiers, shells, or other cultch, or to propa-
gate seed oysters, or in any other feasible
manner to develop methods of produc-
ton of oysters, and said Commission shall
be empowered to improve, replenish or
cultivate said experimental areas in such
manner ind Tor such length of time as
1t may determine. The Commission shall
have power to dispose of the oysters at
any time, and manner, and upon any
terms which it may fix, the proceeds
thereof to be placed to the credit of the
" Conservation Fund, +" and to be used for
further experimental work upon said
areas or some other purpose to be de-
termined by the Commission. Any per-
son catching oysters upon such expert
mental area without permission from the
Commission shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and subject to the penalties
prescribed in Section 1872.
SEC. 3. ARd be it further enacted.
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
safety, and being passed upon by yea
and nay vote supported by three-ffths of
all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
Approved June 81, 1917.
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of Court and other appropriate officials
viii be supplied with registration cards
whereon such person win be required TO
register.
Failure of such persons to register on
and after the goth day of August, 1917,
and failure or refusal to do or continue
to do the work assigned in accordance
with said Act viii subject such persons
to the fines and penalties prescribed by
the Act.
IL TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have here
unto set my hand and caused to be affixed
the Great Seal of the State of Maryland,
at the Capitol, in the City of Annapolis,
on the 18th day of July, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen
EMERSON C. HARRINGTON,
Governor.
BY the Governor:
THOMAS w. SIMMONS,
Secretary of State.
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hereby certify that the cargo of oys-
tiers loaded by Captain. .. of
the vessel. was taken
from reserved areas and is subject to a
tax of. ...... cents per bushel, which
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
new JUDGE ADVOCATE
FOR DEFENSE RIFLES
H. RaIph Burton Will Succeed Ar
thur B. Hayes Resigned.

Col VI. \. Winter. commanding the
Home Defense Lea que Rifles, has an
rouuced the appointment Of II. Ralph
Burton to De judge advocate Of the
organization. with the rank OF captain,
vice Judge Arthur B. Hayes. resigned.
The latter found it impossible to MAIN
tar the position ON account Of buSi-
ress engagements. The new appOint"c
is quite prominent locally. and is n
member OF the law drm OF McLana-
han & Burton.
Brig. Cen. g. H. Ouraud. late OF the
ID. e. y. C.. will hc drillmaster for
Company X. Of the Home Rifles. which
meets at S O'Clock tonight in the drill
room of the Central Y. NJ. G.. \.
Col. Winter has named i. =. Beach
to be captain OF the new company Of
Southern Railroad employees which
meets for organization and drill at $
o'clock tonight in room 68I, South
ern BUILDING. It will be known
as Company Y. and have the use Ot
the fine new indoor rifle range on the
ton fo1r of Union Station for target
Tractice. The employees of the railway
corporation have taken such patriotic
interest in the Home Rifles that 7.
VI. q bbs. W. +. Graves, +. h. Pat
tCrson and J. I. Lee have qualified as
lifIemcn before the company has been
fully organized. Capt. Harry Walsh.
10. m-rly of the District National
Carl. has been selected as drill
master.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
ITALIANS QUIT
CAPITAL TODAY
Giant Warplane Being Rap
idly Repaired for Flight
Back to Base.

Cant. Resnati. pilot OF the huge
Italian bombing CaprOni airplane IN
iured in landing on the ellipse polo
feld Saturday, expects to have MS
machine in shape for the return trip
TO Langley Field. at Newport News.
some time today. The number OF
mechanics making necessary repairs
to the damaged right wing tip ana
the running gear of the plane were
Yesterday increased to twelve. Amer
lean aCronautiCal experts joining the
Italian force in the work Of making
the big passCnEcr-Carrying and DOmo-
Ing aeroplane ready for its next tight.
As was the case to a greater eN-
tent all day Sunday. when many
Washingtonians flocked about the
foreign Hier. hundreds OF the curious
surrounded the experts at their labOrs
on the machine yesterday and got
close up"
Sunday night the other plane which
was forced to come to earth on the
virginia side of the Potomac on ac-
count OF gasoline shortage. was ship
ned back to the American base at
Newrort News, Va. On account of
the nature OF the ground on which it
auGhted. it was judged impossible to
make a start from that location. 1t
was speedily dismantled and shipped
hack 20 the starting point in sections
Capt. Emilio Resnau is rcticent as
70 exactly when he will pilot the
Carroni on its return journey. but
he hopcs to leave the Capital today.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25

dred styles to select from, notably Mar
quisctte Curtains, white and beige, and
new fall effects in all-ovcr patterns of
Nottingham Lace
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
FORD SHOW DRAWS CROWDS.

The first annual National Exposition
fer Ford Accessories. Inc. which
orsnci for a weeks run at the Chi
ca@o Coliseum saturday evening, will
NOT be the last show Of this nature
to De staged IN the United States.
y bigger and better show with every
succeeding year has been made the
slogan Of the promoters and plans
already have been formulated for an
other accessory exposition in Chicago
twelve months hence. \ portion of
the box Office rcreints will be used
for the purchase Of AN ambulance that
will he presented to the american Red
cross for military service with our
Sammies on European battIeticIds.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
Gen. Scott to Be Sent
To France, Says Report

Maj. Gen. Hugh l. Scott. who re-
tired Saturday as chief or STAFF OF
the army. will likely he sent abroad as
an observer. according to present i'll
GscatiOns.
Secretary Of War Baker has an
uOuuCed that Gen Scott services viii
be used in connection with the train
ing Of troops in this country, but 1t IS
likely that a tour Of the battlehelds
iu Europe will be made by the gen
crs,I preparatory to the assumption Of
HI. lu.i.s in The I-nI.ed states.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
Women Workers Exploited.

Rome. Sept o. - While womcn's
clothes have doubled in price. tue
wage paid drCssmakcrs' employees still
remains about On cents a day. The ,c-
.oitatiOn Of wOWen workers in Italy
is being discussed in connection with
tlc recent strike Of Paris midincttCs.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25

Regular at $J9.5O-Scptember
Sale. price only s5I.7j. These
Rugs will wear the equal of
any worstCd rug-regardless of
price. Note the rich Oriental
cffCCts-and those Of contrast
ing small and neat figures.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
So.
9xl2 Rugs, Various
Styles, SS.25.

Regular at $l2.j0-Scptember
Sale price. sS.2j. In the Coilec-
tion are very desirable reversi-
BILE Brussels patterns. in color
inGs to harmonizc with almost
every scheme of decoration.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
rs
8.3xl0.6 Reversible
Rugs, S7.25.

Regular price, S2.7J-Septem-
bcr sale price, $7.25. \ splen-
did opportunity 10 secure a rug
for little money. To tone up the
bedroom Tor ;hc wlEtsr-what's
more effective than one OF
these TuCs2
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
$17.7
9xl2 Brussels Rugs,
S17.75.

Regular price, &22.j0-Sep-
tember Sale price, SIZE. Seam
less Rugs. the present seasons
most favored designs and col
orings. in all-over figures, me-
dallion and floral effects.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
9xl2 Wilton Velvet
Rugs, $36.

Regular at $I2.5O-Septembor
sale price, $3G. Best Grade
Seamless Wilton Velvet Rugs;
Oriental effects. Included also
are - Body Brussels Rugs best
colors through to indeIible.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-25
9xl2 Administer Rugs,
$3.50.

Regular price. S40-Septem-
Der Sale price. S29.5O. The man
ufacturer's discontinued pat
terns-the majority in rich ORR
entail designs and colorings, a
few in floral effects. All per-
feet and $40 quality at only
S29.50.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-03-15
Play That Helps,

Play that leads the children to use their own ideas and perhaps also to make their own toys is infinitely to be preferred to amusements that offer no stimulation to their imagination. In family where word games were liked the mother saved all the news papers that had large black letters and let the children cut the letters out neatly. An envelope was labeled for each letter, and all the "A's" put in one. all the "B's" in another. and so on. Then squares of cardboard were cut out and the letters were pasted on. Material for a game was economically supplied thus, and extra occupation for the children, too. Another time some parafin was given to them to mold
 It was first put in the oven until in a workable condition. Beginning with marbles and blocks, the children soon attempted more ambitious modelling, to their own pleasure and advantage.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-03-15
SPRINGS TO HOT SPRINGS IS PROPOSED
CONNECT 4 COUNTY SEATS
After Organization Is Perfected Little Trouble Is Contemplated in Form ing the Improvement District
 in Each County.
Clinton

Permanent organization of good roads association to promote the con- struction of highway from Mammoth Spring to Hot Springs was effected at Clinton by representatives from five county road associations interested in the project. It is planned to build tie read through the formation of road districts in each of the counties tra, yersed by the road.
 Hiram Sutterfield Of Shirley, presi- dent of the temporary organization ef- fected recently, and w E. Halbrook of the State Department of Education, who is connected with the movement. were in Little Rock en route to Mor- rilton, where meeting was held ill the interest of the road.
 The proposed road would start al Mammoth Spring and would pass through Salem, Melbourne, Mountain View, Shirley, Clinton and Morrilton to Hot Springs. Road associations to boost the project have been formed, Mir. Halbrook said, in Fulton, Izard. SlOiIct ' OH Iiui ell dild 1Oil M as Ioui- ties. Steps are being taken to form associations in Perry and Garland counties After the organization s completed little trouble is expected in forming the improvement districts ill each county.
 Advantages from the construction of the road, urged by it's advocates, are that it will give improved transporta- tion facilities to four county seats that are not on railroad, and will aid in the development of the country by opening up an attractive scenic route for tourist traffic from St. Louis to the Southwest, in addition to bettering conditions in each of the counties.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-03-15
SWISS WELCOMES
 YARROWDALE CREW
AMERICANS SAY THEY WERE TREATED BADLY BY GERMANS
 HAD SOUP ONCE DAILY.
ONE IN PARTY IS HELD
Yankees Convinced That the Raider Which Sank Their Vessel Was Ritz of Brennan" Which They
 Describe as New Boat.

2urich.-Laden with cigars, cigar cites and food showered upon them by the hospltable Swiss, 59 of the now historic Yarrowdale prisoners arrived in Zurich. They arrived at the Ger man frontier at Lindau. after con tinuous trip of 52 hours from the pris- on camp at Brandenburg.
 The sailors, although emaciated from their imprisonment and serious lack of food since their arrival in Ger many on December 31. are in fair con dition and confident that with a nor themselves again.
 The party was met here by United States Consul-General Keene. who greeted them briefly and asked them not to forget that they were Ameri- cans and not to bring discredit on America by yielding to an understand able temptation to kick over the traces"
 The sailors said that they were convinced that the raider which sank llltlI NcSSSl NdS lllc lblAL Oi 1)l VlliS H. They describe her as brand new yes sel of about 5000 tons, capable of IS knots, equipped with one funnel, two masts, one false funnel, four torpedo tubes. seven rapid firing guns and a wheelhouse which was hidden by side of the ship
 The tunnels had a devise by which the stripes could be changed at will, and the ships doors were so con- structed as to gut off all light when they were open,
 During their stay in Germany they reported, they had subsisted on one allowance of soup daily and had made their long journey to the border on one such meal" There was hardly one Of them who, they declared, had not felt the fist of German camp guard, and the squad of five soldiers which brought them to the border had exercised the privilege of abusing them up to the last possible moment.
 The men tell of the terrible suffer ings they underwent during a period of severe cold weather in Germany, due partly to lack of fuel, but more to the absence of the shoes and cloth ing which they had lost, Since their entrance into Switzerland at Ro- schach, they say, they have been roy ally treated.
 The party includes all the Ameri- cans detained, except one seaman named Bulleat, of a French-Canadian family. claiming to have been born in Massachusetts, who was held in Brand. enburg They were accompanied by one Brazilian and one Spaniard.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-03-15
Read Good Books.

Young women dependent upon their own efforts should give a thought to tomorrow as well as today. The girl alone hasn't anyone to look after her interests, so she must guard them her self. She should keep track of how she spends her salary, and should also join a good benevolent society, so that in the event of an illness or an accident she will be assured of proper medical treatment. and at the same time receive the benefit all such or ganizations provide.