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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 35-3 City Seal - prohibited uses.">
  <section prefix="§" num="35-3" heading="City Seal - prohibited uses.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">No person other than the Director of Finance and his clerks and subordinates shall attach, impress, or affix the Corporate Seal of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to any paper, instrument, or document whatsoever.</para>
      <para num="(2)">No person shall use a copy or facsimile of the Seal of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for any advertising purposes whatsoever, nor shall a copy or facsimile of said Seal be used in any pamphlet, program, prospectus, or paper or document of any character other than the official publications and stationery of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and its officers and officials.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of $500 for each offense, said fine to be collected as other fines for the violation of City Ordinances are collected.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 1, §88</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 1, §27</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 1, §103</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 1, §106</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-697</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
