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hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than one
year, or both, in the discretion of the court, such fines to be collected as
all fines are collected by law.
See notes to section 272.

Heating Steam Railroad Passenger Cars.

1904, art. 27, sec. 253. 1888, art. 27, sec. 150. 1888, ch. 407. 1890, ch. 377.
1892, ch. 539. 1894, ch. 10.

276. It shall not be lawful for any steam railroad doing business
in the State after the first day of July, 1894, to heat its passenger cars
by any stove or furnace kept inside of the car, or suspended therefrom,
except that it may be lawful in case of accident or other emergency to
temporarily use such stove or furnace with necessary fuel; provided,
that in cars which have been equipped with apparatus to heat by steam,
hot water or hot air, from the locomotive, or from a special car, the
present stove may be retained to be used only when the car is standing
still; and provided, also, that this section shall not prevent the use of
stoves for cooking purposes in dining-room cars.

Ibid. sec. 254. 1894, ch. 269.

277. The board of public works may, when it is shown to their satis-
faction by any railroad company that it is impracticable for such rail-
road company to equip all of its cars with heating apparatus other than
stoves within the time required by law. prescribe what number of cars
of such railroad company shall be equipped with improved heating
apparatus by such company in each year.

Ibid. sec. 255. 1894, ch. 246. 1896, ch. 99, sec. 150A.

278. The provisions and requirements of section 276 shall not apply
to passenger cars while the same are in use as a freight or mixed train;
provided that no such mixed trains shall include more than two pas-
senger coaches; that is to say, where passenger cars are attached to
freight ears, and together make up a train.

Ibid. sec. 256. 1888, art. 27, sec. 151. 1888, ch. 407.

279. Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of
section 276 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars, and to
the further penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every day dur-
ing which such violation shall continue.

Importing Convicts.

Ibid. sec. 257. 1888, art. 27, sec. 152. 1860, art. 30, sec. 69. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 7.

280. Every commanding officer, captain or master of any vessel who
shall be convicted .of wilfully importing in such vessel into this State
from any foreign country and not any part of the United States any
felon or convict shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than
eighteen months nor more than five years.
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