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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 munitions
of war, shall, on conviction thereof, be sentenced to
confinement in the penitentiary for a term not less
than six months or more than two years, or to a fine
not.less than one hundred nor more than five hun-
dred 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.
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Burning
bridges, &c , to
promote rebel-
lion.
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Sub-Sec. 3. If any person or persons shall, wilfully
and for the purpose of promoting rebellion or war
against this state, burn or destroy any bridge, via-
duct, culvert, structure, rails, ferry-boat or other pro-
perty 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 or more
than six years, or to a fine of not less than five hun-
dred nor more than two thousand dollars, in the dis-
cretion of the court.
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Joining secret
society to pro-
mote secession.
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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, pro-
mote 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 incor-
poration or union of this state with the so-called
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