INDEX TO THE LAWS.

Chap.

Sec.

CRIMES AND PUNISH-

MENTS, If any person shall enter any dwelling

house, out house, &c. &c. or any building

occupied in part or in whole, by any pub-

lic municipal or private corporation, &c.

or upon any vessel, &c. or any yard where

any lumber, coal, or any sort of goods or

chattels are kept for the purpose of trade

&c., with intent maliciously to destroy,

&c. or to slay, kill, maim or tar and fea-

ther any person, being in or upon said

premises, &c. liable to confinment from

two to twenty years in the penitentiary,

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1

Courts having jurisdiction of crimes

shall have cognisance of the foregoing

offences,

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2

Judges of the several courts upon the

conviction, for criminal offence, of any

free negro or mulatto, shall enquire wheth-

er such negro, &c. had been previously

sentenced to the penitentiary in this State,

n ml if so, shall in their discretion order

the offender to be sold out of the limits of

the state for a term of years,

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3

Proceeds of such sale, after paying ex-

penses of prosecution, shall be paid into

the public treasury,

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One moity of all fines and forfeitures

adjudged &c., in Baltimore city court,

when, and as hereafter secured by the

sheriff, shall be paid to the mayor and

city council of the city of Baltimore,

4

Out of such funds the judges may di

rect to be paid to the Attorney General,

or his deputies, such additional fees, not

exceeding $30 in any one case, in cases

of extraordinary duration or trouble, as

they shall deem just and reasonable

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This provision to have no effect upon

the rights of informers.

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Concerning the punishment of frauds,

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Any person who shall by any false pre-

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