Fraud-Corporate Misrepresentation. Ibid, sec. 134. 1888. art. 27, sec. 97. 1878, ch. 170. 148. Any officer or agent whatsoever of any corporation who shall fraudulently sign, or in any other manner assent to any statement or publication, either for the public or the shareholders thereof, containing untruthful representations of its affairs, assets or liabilities with a view either to enhance or depress the market value of the shares therein, or the value of its corporate obligations, or in any other manner to accomplish any fraud thereby, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, by indictment in any Court of law, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars and be imprisoned in jail or penitentiary, or either fined or imprisoned, at the discretion. of the Court, for not less than six months, nor more than three years. Fraud-Insurance Companies, by Directors or Officers of. Ibid, sec. 145. 1898, ch. 320, sec. 119B. 162. Any director or officer of any insurance company or association, or fraternal beneficiary association, who shall receive any premium or assessment on behalf of said company, association or fraternal beneficiary association, knowing at the time of the receipt of said premium or assessment said company, association or fraternal beneficiary association to be insolvent, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the Court. Health-Hours of Labor of Children. Ibid, sec. 225. 1888, art. 27. sec. 139. 1874, ch. 3. 1876, ch.125. 1892, ch. 443. 239. No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed in laboring more than ten hours a day in any manufacturing business or factory established in any part of the State, or in any mercantile business in the city of Baltimore. Ibid, sec. 140. 1892, ch. 443. 1910, ch. 607, sec. 226. 240. Any person who shall so employ a child, or suffer or permit such employment, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars; one-half of which shall be paid to the Maryland State Bureau of Statistics and Information, which is hereby invested with the general duty and power of enforcing this law. Ibid, sec. 227. 1888, art. 27, sec. 141. 1892, ch. 443. 241. The word "suffer or permit" includes every act or omission whereby it becomes possible for the child to engage in such labor. Health-Hours of Labor of Street Car Employees. Ibid, sec. 228. 1886, ch. 163, sec. 1. 242. No horse railway company incorporated under the laws of this State, and no officer, agent or servant of such corporation, and no person or firm owning or operating any line or lines of horse railways within the limits of this State, and no agent or servant of such firm or firms shall require, permit or suffer its, his or their conductors or drivers, or any of them, or any employees in its, his or their service, or under his, its or their control, to work more than twelve hours during each or any day of twenty-four hours, and shall make no contract or agreement with such employees, or any of them, providing that they or he shall work for more than twelve hours during each or any day of twenty-four hours. Ibid, sec. 229. 1886, ch. 163, sec. 2. 243. Any corporation which shall in any manner violate any of the provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed to have misused or abused its corporate powers and franchises, and the Attorney-General of the State, upon application in writing made by any citizen of this State, accompanied by sufficient proof of such violation, shall forthwith, without further authorization, institute proceedings for the forfeiture of the charter of such corporation by petition in the name of the State, in the manner provided by the laws of this State for the enforcement of the forfeiture of the charter of any cor poration which has abused or misused its corporate powers or franchises. Ibid, sec. 230. 1888, art. 27, sec. 144. 1886, ch. 163, sec. 3. 244. If any corporation or any officer, agent or servant of such corporation, or any person or any firm managing or conducting any horse railway in this State, or any agent or servant of such person or firm, shall do any act in violation of the provisions of Section 228, it, he or they shall be deemed to have been guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, in a Court of competent jurisdiction, be fined one hundred dollars for each offense so committed, together with the costs of such prosecution. Heating Steam Railroad Passenger Cars. Ibid, sec. 253. 1888, art. 27, sec. 150. 1888, ch. 407. 1890, ch. 377. 1892, ch. 539. 1894, ch. 10. 276. It shall not be lawful for any steam railroad doing business in the State after the first day of July, 1894, to heat its passenger cars by any stove or furnace kept inside of the car, or suspended therefrom, except that it may be lawful in case of accident or other emergency to temporarily use such stove or furnace with necessary fuel; provided, that in cars which have been equipped with apparatus to heat by steam, hot water or hot air from the locomotive, or from a special car, the present stove may be retained to be used only when the car is standing still; and provided, also, that this section shall not prevent the use of stoves for cooking purposes in diningroom cars.* Ibid, sec. 254. 1894, ch. 269. 277. The Board of Public Works may, when it is shown to their satisfaction by any railroad company that it is impracticable for such railroad company to equip all of its cars with heating apparatus other than stoves within the time required by law, prescribe what number of cars of such railroad company shall be equipped with improved heating apparatus by such company in each year. Ibid, sec. 255. 1894, ch. 246. 1896, ch. 99, sec. 150A. 278. The provisions and requirements of Section 253 shall not apply to passenger cars while the same are in use as a *See Public Service Commission, Act of 1910, beginning at section 413 of Article 23. freight or mixed train; provided that no such mixed trains shall include more than two passenger coaches; that is to say, where passenger cars are attached to freight cars, and together make up a train. Ibid, sec. 256. 1888, art. 27, sec. 151. 1888, ch. 407. 279. Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of Section 253 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to penalty of one thousand dollars, and to the further penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every day during which such violation shall continue. Passengers-White and Colored-Transportation by Railroad Companies-By Steamboat Companies. Ibid, sec. 346. 1904, ch. 109, sec. 1. 387. All railroad companies and corporations, and all persons running or operating cars or coaches by steam on any railroad line or track in the State of Maryland, for the transportation of passengers, are hereby required to provide separate cars or coaches for the travel and transportation of the white and colored passengers on their respective lines of rail road; and each compartment of a car or coach, divided by a good and substantial partition, with a door or place of exit from each division, shall be deemed a separate car, or coach within the meaning of this section, and each separate car, coach or compartment shall bear in some conspicuous place appropriate words, in plain letters, indicating whether it is set apart for white or colored passengers. Ibid, sec. 347. Ibid, sec. 2. 388. The railroad companies and corporations and persons aforesaid shall make no difference or discrimination in quality of or convenience or accommodation in the cars, coaches or compartments set apart for white and colored passengers. Ibid, sec. 348. 1904, ch. 109, sec. 3. 389. Any railroad company or corporation or person that shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of Sections 346 and 347 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon indictment and conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense. Ibid, sec. 349. Ibid, sec. 4. 390. The conductors and managers on all railroads shall have power and are hereby required to assign to each white or colored passenger his or her respective car, coach or compartment, and, should any passenger refuse to occupy the car, coach or compartment to which he or she may be assigned by the conductor or managers, shall have the right to refuse to carry such passenger on his train, and may put such passenger off his train, and for such refusal or putting off the train neither the conductor, manager nor railroad company or corporation, or person owning or operating the same shall be liable for damages in any Court and the passenger so refusing to occupy the car, coach or compartment to which he or she may be assigned by the conductor or manager shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on indictment and conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or be confined in jail not less than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the Court, for each offense. Ibid, sec. 350. Ibid, sec. 5. 391. Any conductor or manager on any railroad who shall fail or refuse to perform the duties imposed upon him by Section 349 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon indictment and conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than fifty dollars for each offense. Ibid, sec. 351. 1904, ch. 109, sec. 6. 1908, ch. 292, sec. 6. 392. That the following words contained in Section 1 of this Act, to wit: "And each compartment of a car or coach divided by a good, substantial partition, by a door or place of exit from each division shall be deemed a separate car or coach within the meaning of this Act," shall not apply to the counties of Prince George's, Charles, St. Mary's, Calvert and Anne Arundel, so that in said counties there shall be separate cars or coaches for the travel and transportation of the white |