1124 ARTICLE 27

1939, ch. 675, sec. 93C.

103. Instead of imposing the punishment for failure to give bond,
the Court may, in its discretion and with due regard to the financial
ability of the accused child, release such child from custody on probation
for the period during which the accused shall be required to make payments,
upon his or her entering into a recognizance in such sum as the Court shall
direct, with or without securities. The condition of the recognizance shall
be such that if the accused child shall make his personal appearance at
the Court whenever ordered to do so within the period during which he
shall be required to make such payments, and shall further comply with
the terms of the order, or of any subsequent modification thereof, then the
recognizance shall be void, otherwise of full force and effect. If the Court
be satisfied by information and due proof under oath that the accused has
violated the terms of such order, it may forthwith proceed to impose sen-
tence under the original conviction of failure to give bond. In the case of
forfeiture of a recognizance and enforcement thereof by execution, the
sum recovered may, in the discretion of the Court, be paid, in whole or in
part, to the parent or to the county or to the City of Baltimore, as the
case may be, if the parent be a public charge.

1939, ch. 675, sec. 93D.

104. Upon the death of the parent or the child, or upon the parent
securing other adequate means of support, or upon the child becoming
unable to earn or losing possession of means sufficient to provide support
for the parent, the child and his sureties shall be released from the terms
of any court order rendered and of any bond or recognizance given.

Destroying Property Maliciously.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 94. 1912, sec. 79. 1904, sec. 71. 1888, sec. 48. 1744, ch. 5. 1751, ch. 7.

105. If any person shall cut or destroy any tobacco plants belonging to
any other person, or shall cause the same to be done, or shall by any means
cause or excite any person to cut or destroy any tobacco or tobacco plants
belonging to any other person, on conviction thereof he shall pay to the
party grieved five hundred dollars, and suffer six months' imprisonment,
and shall also remain in prison till the said sum be satisfied. And if the
offender shall not be able to pay the said sum of money, then he shall remain
in prison twelve months.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 95. 1912, sec. 80. 1904, sec. 72. 1888, sec. 49. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 6.

106. Every person convicted of wilfully and maliciously stabbing, kill-
ing or destroying any horse, mare, gelding, colt, ass or mule, not the
property of such person, and not in the act of trespassing on his enclosures,
shall undergo a confinement in the penitentiary for not less than eighteen
months nor more than four years.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 96. 1912, sec. 81. 1904, sec. 73. 1888, sec. 50. 1870, ch. 354.

107. Every person convicted of wilfully and maliciously stabbing, kill-
ing or destroying any bull, steer, cow, heifer or calf, not the property of
such person, and not in the act of trespassing on his enclosures, shall
under go confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more
than four years.