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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

additional section to Article thirty, of the Code of
Public General Laws, relating to Crimes and Pun-
ishments, is hereby repealed, and re-enacted so as
to read as follows : That any person or persons
who shall enter upon the land of any other person
or body corporate or politic in this State, and shall
wilfully or maliciously injure or destroy any house,
take and carry away any growing tree, or cut
down a tree, or destroy a vine, plant, shrubbery,
root, vegetable, fruit or grain, or any fencing,

Fine.

cord wood or hoop-poles, shall on conviction thereof
he adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and after
presentment and indictment by a Grand Jury, and
conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
in the city or county jail not less than one month
nor more than two months, or be both lined and
imprisoned as aforesaid in the discretion of the
Court aforesaid, and that this Act shall apply to
Allegany, Frederick, Prince George's, Harford,
Washington, Baltimore, Kent, Queen Anne's, Tal-
bot, Caroline, Cecil, Somerset, Carroll, Worcester,
Anne Arundel, Montgomery, St. Mary's, Charles,
Howard, Dorchester, Wicomico and Calvert Coun-
ties.

In force.

Sec 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, February 18, 1868.

CHAPTER 57.

AN ACT to repeal the thirty-second section of
Article twenty-two, of the Public Local Laws,
title Worcester County, regulating the terms of
Court of said county, and to re-enact the same
with amendments.

Repealed and
re-enacted.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section thirty-two of Article