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license to drive or operate such automobile or other vehicle within the State
of Maryland for such period of time as the Court imposing, the sentence
shall direct.

Treason.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 516. 1912, sec. 466. 1904, sec. 413. 1888, sec. 264. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 2.

1862, ch. 235.

605. If any person shall levy war against this State, or shall, adhere
to the enemies thereof, whether foreign or domestic, giving them aid or
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 con-
finement in the penitentiary for not less than six nor more than twenty
years, at the discretion of the court.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 517. 1912, sec. 467. 1904, sec. 414. 1888, sec. 265. 1862, ch. 235.

606. 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 wher-
ever he may be convicted, for a term not exceeding 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 muni-
tions 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 518. 1912, sec. 468. 1904, sec. 415. 1888, sec. 266. 1862, ch. 235.

607. 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 belonging to or used 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.

An Code, 1924, sec. 519. 1912, sec. 469. 1904, sec. 416. 1888, sec. 267. 1862, ch. 235.

608. 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