784 CHIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

of this State, any member of the general assembly of Mary-
land or officer thereof, or any member or officer of any muni-
cipal corporation, or mayor or other executive officer thereof
in this State shall demand or receive any bribe, fee, reward or
testimonial for the performance of his official duties, or for
neglecting or failing to perform the same, every such person
so bribing or attempting to bribe any of such officers or
persons, and every such person so demanding or receiving any
bribe, fee, reward or testimonial shall be deemed guilty of
bribery, and on being convicted thereof shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars,
or, in the discretion of the court, shall be sentenced to be
imprisoned in the penitentiary of this State for not less than
two nor more than twelve years, or both fined and imprisoned,
and shall also be forever disfranchised and disqualified from
holding any office of trust or profit in this State; and any
person so bribing or attempting to bribe or so demanding or
receiving a bribe shall be a competent witness, and compel-
lable to testify against any person or persons who may have
committed any of the aforesaid offenses; provided, that any
person so compelled to testify in any such case shall be exempt
from trial and punishment for the crime of which such person
so testifying may have been a participant.

1888, art. 27, sec. 24. 1860, art. 30, sec. 18. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 8.

27. Every embracer who shall procure any juror to take
gain or profit for rendering his verdict shall undergo a convic-
tion, and every juror convicted of taking gain or profit for
giving his verdict shall undergo a confinement in the peniten-
tiary for a period not less than eighteen months nor more than
six years, and shall be disqualified to serve on juries forever
thereafter.

Ibid. sec. 25. 1860, art. 30, sec. 19. 1853, ch. 450, sec. 2.

28. If any person shall corruptly or by threats or force
endeavor to influence, intimidate or impede any juror, witness
or officer in any court of this State in the discharge of his
duty, or shall corruptly or by threats or force obstruct or
impede, or endeavor to obstruct or impede, the due administra-
tion of justice therein, he shall be liable to be prosecuted
therefor by indictment, and shall on conviction thereof be
punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, according
to the nature and aggravation of the offense.