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of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than one hundred dollars for each ajid every offense so
committed and pay the cost of prosecution; one-half to go to
the informer and the other half to the school fund of the county
or city in which the offense shall have been committed; pro-
vided that nothing in this section shall apply to Frederick,
Washington, Queen Anne's, Carroll, Wicomico, Caroline, Kent,
Somerset, Cecil, Calvert, St. Mary's, Prince George's, Howard,
Baltimore, Worcester, Garrett, Talbot, Montgomery and Har-
ford counties.
NOTE—See article 27, sections 225-230, 428; article 77, sections 159-165.