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wilfully divulge the contents or the nature of the contents of any private
communication entrusted to him for transmission or delivery, or who
shall wilfully refuse or neglect to transmit or deliver the same shall,
on conviction before any court, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall suffer imprisonment in the jail in the county or city where
such conviction shall be had, for a term of not more than three months,
or shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, in the discretion
of the court.

1904, art. 23, sec. 331. 1888, art. 23, sec. 231. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 136.

366. If the wires or cords of any telegraph line be located or
stretched, or extended from one post or pole to another in such manner
as to prevent the owner of any timber growing along the line of such
telegraph corporation from cutting and felling the same, and the owner
thereof in cutting or felling such timber shall injure the wires, cords or
posts of such telegraph line, he shall not be liable to an action for dam-
ages, unless it shall appear that in such cutting and felling, or in
having the same cut or felled, the said owner wilfully and intentionally
injured such wires, cords and posts.
See notes to sec. 357.

Ibid. sec. 332. 1888, art 23, sec. 232. 1884, ch. 360.

367. The provisions of the preceding sections, 357 to 366, both
inclusive, in relation to telegraph companies, shall likewise apply to
and have full force and effect in respect to telephone companies created
under the provisions of this article.

A telegraph company organized prior to the act of 1884, ch. 360, was, and
is, fully authorized to do a telephone business, and is subject to the provi-
sions of the general Incorporation laws applying to telegraph companies.
Chesapeake, etc., Telephone Co. v. Baltimore, etc., Telegraph Co., 66 Md. 410.
See notes to sections 357 and 359.

Ibid. sec. 333. 1892, ch. 387, sec. 232 A.

368. No individual company or corporation, now or hereafter
owning, controlling, managing or operating any telephone line or lines
within the limits of any city, town or village in the State of Maryland,
shall charge, collect or receive, as rental for the use at any and all
hours of the day and night, of such telephone and lines connecting with
a central exchange, or point of communication through which conversa-
tion may be held, over all other lines connecting with such exchange,
or point of communication, in such city or town, any sum exceeding
six dollars and fifty cents per month, when one telephone only is rented
by one individual, company or corporation, located within a radius of
two miles from the central exchange, and one dollar additional per
month for every additional mile distant from said exchange; where
two or more telephones are rented by the same individual, company or
corporation, located within a radius of two miles from the central
exchange, the rental per month for each telephone so rented shall not
exceed five dollars and fifty cents per month, and one dollar per month