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when so removed, broken, destroyed or mutilated, shall be fined not more
than fifty dollars for each and every offense.

Any person or persons who shall remove, destroy or mutilate any tem-
porary stakes or marks placed upon any of the boundary lines specified in
the preceding paragraph of this section, for the temporary establishment of
such lines, or any of them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof in any Court having criminal jurisdiction in any county on
a boundary line of which such temporary stake shall have been situate
when so removed, destroyed or mutilated, shall be fined not more than
twenty-five dollars for each and every offense.

Any person or persons who. shall have in his or their possession any
monument heretofore placed or prepared to be placed upon any of the
boundary lines mentioned in the first paragraph of this section, shall upon
demand being made for the same by the superintendent of the geological
survey for the time being appointed by the commission, established by the
Act of the General Assembly passed at its session of the year 1896 and
known as Chapter 51 thereof, or by any person by him duly authorized,
surrender and deliver the same to the said superintendent, or to his said
representative; and upon failure of any such person on demand so to sur-
render and deliver such monument as hereinbefore required, such person
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court
having criminal jurisdiction in the county in which such person shall have
such monument in his possession, shall be fined not more than one hundred
dollars for each and every offense.

All fines collected under any portion of this section shall be paid into the
common school fund of the county in which such fine shall be imposed.

Bribery.

An. Code, 1924. sec. 31. 1912, sec. 28. 1904, ch. 26. 1888, sec. 23. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 8.
1868, ch. 369. 1882, ch. 142. 1933, ch. 202. 1937, ch. 434.

27. If any person shall bribe or attempt to bribe any executive officer
of the State of Maryland, any judge, justice of the peace or other judicial
officer of this State, any member or officer of the General Assembly of
Maryland, any officer or employee of the State, or of any county, munici-
pality or other political sub-division of the State, including members of the
police force of Baltimore City and the State Police) or any member or
officer of any municipal corporation of this State, or any executive officer
of such corporation, in order to influence any such officer or person in the
performance of any of his-official duties; and if the Governor or other
executive officer of this State, any judge, justice of the peace or other judi-
cial officer of this State, any member of the General Assembly of Maryland
or officer thereof, any officer or any employee of the State, or of any county,
municipality or other political sub-division of the State, including mem-
bers of the police force of Baltimore City and the State Police or any mem-
ber or officer of any municipal corporation, or Mayor or other executive
officer thereof in this State shall demand or receive any bribe, fee, reward
or testimonial for the purpose of influencing him in the performance of his
official duties, or for neglecting or failing to perform the same, every such
person so bribing or attempting to bribe any of such officers or persons, and
every such person so demanding or receiving any bribe, fee, reward, or
testimonial shall be deemed guilty of bribery, and on being convicted
thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five
thousand dollars, or, in the discretion of the court, shall be sentenced to be