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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1902
Page
5
Governor and attorney general select and publish public general laws under article 76 of the code. This paper issues the index to aid locating laws on the current issue and applies the same provisions to the publication.
A long Maryland general assembly act reform updates to registration rules. It adds Section 25 B for residents moving from other states to register after a year and outlines clerk duties, fees, and record keeping. It also repeals and rewrites sections on nominations ballots and contested elections, and details ballot format printing and delivery procedures.
The General Assembly enacts a new section to Article 27 Public General Laws creating Section 231 B titled Railroad Obstruction Interfering with Signals. It designates rail signals interference as a misdemeanor and prescribes penalties. The act adds the provision to the Crimes and Punishments title.
The act adds two sections 141 A and 141 B to Article 27 to ban employing minors under sixteen in breweries or bottling establishments where intoxicating liquors are prepared or offered for sale. Violators face a misdemeanor with fines from ten to one hundred dollars or jail from five to thirty days, at the court’s discretion. Signed by Senate President John Walter Smith and Assembly President John Hubner.
Maryland acts address food adulteration and misrepresentation with penalties for selling beer or malt beverages as malt extract or porter. Provisions call for brewing standards and enforcement, with fines up to 500 dollars and up to one year’s imprisonment. Also repeals and reenacts sections on wild fowl and game, restricting trapping of otter, mink, raccoon, and muskrat with fines and detention for violations.
A public notice states that amendments to the Code of Public General Laws re provisions for Claimant of Property under Attachments are repealed and reenacted. It details bond requirements double the value, appraisement by the Sheriff, clerk approval, and conditions to cover costs and damages if the claimant fails to establish claim. Approved April 8, 1902, Governor.
Chapter 18 enacts repeal of section two hundred and thirty-four of Article twenty-seven Crimes and Punishments and reenacts the same with amendments. It references earlier amendments by chapter five hundred and forty-six of the acts of the assembly of eighteen hundred and ninety-two and notes the sub title receiving as amended. The general assembly moves to consolidate provisions on receiving stolen goods, money or securities with updated language.
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