458 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

comfort, within this State or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted,
on confession in open court or on the testimony of two witnesses, both
of them to the same overt act, he shall suffer death, or be sentenced to
confinement in the penitentiary for not less than six nor more than,
twenty years, at the discretion of the court.

1904, art. 27, sec. 414. 1888, art. 27, sec. 265. 1862, ch. 235.

467. If any "person shall provide or procure money, goods or other-
property or effects, (other than munitions of war), to be used in the
levying of war against this State, or in giving aid or comfort to the
enemies of this State, within this State or elsewhere, and be convicted"
thereof, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the common jail of"
the county or city wherever he may be convicted, for a term not exceed-
ing six months, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, at the'
discretion of the court; and if the property or effects, so provided or
procured, consist in part or in the whole of munitions of war, the person
so providing or procuring such munitions of war shall, on conviction,
thereof, be sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term not
less, than six months nor more than two years, or to a fine not less than
one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, at the discretion of
the court; and in any and every case the money, goods, property or
effects, so provided or procured, shall be forfeited to the use of the
State.

Ibid. sec. 415. 1888, art. 27, sec. 266. 1862, ch. 235.

468. If any person or persons shall wilfully and for the purpose
of promoting rebellion or war against this State burn or destroy any
bridge, viaduct, culvert, structure, rails, ferryboat or other property
belonging to and being part of any highway or railroad within this
State, or engine, car, vehicle or property belonging to or being part of
any highway or railroad within this State, or engine, car, vehicle or
property belonging to or used or employed upon any railroad within
this State, or shall destroy any dam, lock, abutment, towing-path, waste-
weir, or feeder of any canal, or any boat, vessel or other property belong-
ing to or vised or employed thereon, within this State, every such person,
upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo confinement in
the penitentiary for a term not less than two years nor more than six
years, or to a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two
thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court.

Ibid. sec. 416. 1888, art. 27, sec. 267. 1862, ch. 235.

469. If any person or persons within this State shall hold any
secret or public meeting, or unite with or belong to any secret club or
association known by him or them to be intended to effect, promote or
encourage the separation or secession of this State from the government
or union of the United States, every such person, upon conviction there-
of, shall be sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term not