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1910, ch. 207, sec. 140 N (p. 181).

155. No person shall knowingly throw or place, or cause to be
thrown or placed, on or upon any highway or bridge, any tacks, nails,
wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery or other substance injurious to the
feet of persons or animals, or to the tires or wheels of vehicles, includ-
ing motor vehicles.

1904, art. 56, sec. 139. 1904, ch. 518, sec. 9. 1906, ch. 449, sec. 139.
1910, ch. 207, sec. 140 O (p. 181).

156. Any person violating any provision of sections 139, 141, 146,
147 or 153 of this sub-title shall be fined not more than five hundred
dollars ($500), or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both,
for each and every offense. And any person violating any other pro-
vision of this sub-title shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50)
for each first offense. In default of the payment of any of the above
fines, there shall be imposed an imprisonment in the county or city
jail, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding one day for each
one dollar of the fine so imposed, the imprisonment in no event to
exceed ninety days for any single offense; providing that any offender
who shall have been found guilty of the violation of any provision of
this sub-title and made to pay a fine or suffer imprisonment therefor,
and who shall be convicted of a second or additional offense of the
same provision committed within six months from date of conviction
of the first offense, may for such second or additional offense be fined
in double the amount herein prescribed for the first offense, or may be
imprisoned as aforesaid for a period not exceeding six months for a
violation of sections 139, 141, 146, 147 or 153, or not exceeding
thirty days for a violation of any other section of this sub-title, or both,
and in the event of the non-payment of the fine imposed for such second
offense there may be imposed an imprisonment in the county or city
jail, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding one day for each
one dollar of the fine so imposed, the imprisonment in no event to
exceed six months for any single second offense committed as aforesaid.

1906, ch. 449, sec. 139. 1910, ch. 207, sec. 140 p (p. 182).

157. In case any person shall be taken into custody because of a
violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title, he shall forthwith be
taken in the counties of this State before the nearest justice of the
peace, committing magistrate or police justice, or, if in Baltimore city,
before the nearest police justice, and be entitled to an immediate hear-
ing; and if such hearing can not then be had, he shall be released from
custody on giving bond or undertaking executed by a fidelity or surety
company authorized to give such bonds in this State, or by a person or
persons acceptable as surety or sureties by said magistrate or police
justice, such bond or undertaking to be in an amount equal to the
maximum amount prescribed as the fine for such offense and to be con-
ditioned for his appearance at the time and place set for the hearing
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