54 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 30.

RIVERS.

1870, c. 44 repeals and re-enacts with amendments section 170 as follows:

1870, c. 44. Ballast, ashes, &c , not to be thrown from vessels in cer- tain places.	SEC. 170. If any ballast, ashes, filth, earth, soil, oys- ters or oyster shells, be taken, unladen or cast out of any ship, steamboat, scow or other vessel, on any pre- tence whatever, in the Chesapeake bay, above " Sandy Point," or in any river, creek or harbor within this state, below high water mark, the master or other per- son having charge or command of such ship, steam-
Penalty.	boat, scow, or other vessel, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, one-half to the informer and the other half to the state, to be recovered by action of debt or indictment in any county or city where such master or other person may be 'ar- rested. Approved March 2, 1870. In force thirty days from the date of its passage. BAGGAGE.

1870, c. 376 entitled an act to prevent the injury or destruction of baggage enacts as

follows:

1870, c. 376, s. 1.	206. Any baggage master, express agent, stage- driver, hack man, or other person whose duty it shall be to handle, remove, or take care of baggage, with a view to, or in course of its receipt, transportation or
Punishment for wilfully in- juring baggage.	delivery, who shall wilfully or recklessly injure or destroy any trunk, valise, box, package or parcel while handling, loading, transporting, unloading, delivering, or storing the same, shall be punished by a fine or penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered by indictment or by action of debt in the name of the state, in the usual way ; one-half for the benefit of the informer. , o
Ibid s 2. Not to affect civil liability.	207. Nothing in this act shall affect the civil lia- bility of the party so offending or his principal, for damages, but in all civil actions therefor, as well as in