36 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 30.

this sub-section, for the purpose of promoting rebellion or war
against this State; therefore, if any person or persons shall, wil-
fully and for the purpose of promoting rebellion or war against
this State, burn or destroy any bridge, viaduct, culvert, struc-
ture, 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 used or employed upon any
railroad within this State, or shall destroy any dam, lock, abut-
ment, 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 peni-
tentiary for a term not less than two or 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.

Sub-Sec. 4. 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,
or to effect, promote or encourage the incorporation or union of
this State with the so-called Southern Confederacy, every such
person, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to confine-
ment in the penitentiary for a term not less than two nor more
than six years, or to a fine of not less than five hundred or more
than three thousand dollars at the discretion of the court.

Sub-Sec. 5. If any person shall conspire or combine with
others to levy war against this State, or to give aid or comfort
to the enemies thereof, whether foreign or domestic, within this
State or elsewhere, and be convicted thereof, he shall be sen-
tenced to confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two
years nor more than six years, or to a fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars at the discretion of the court.

Sub-Sec. 6. If with intent to promote rebellion or war against
this State, or to give aid and comfort to the enemies thereof, any
person shall attempt to burn or destroy, or any person shall