ART. 72.] CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC.
other person so employed, and every such offender, his adviser,

795

aider, procurer or abettor shall, on conviction thereof, be sentenced
to the penitentiary for not less than five nor more than fifteen
years.

Punishment.

53. If any person or persons engaged in transporting coal, iron,
lumber, or other articles of merchandise, or any property whatever,
on any highway, river, railroad, or canal, within this State, shall
sell, dispose of, give away, use, or pledge the same or any part
thereof, without the consent of the owner or owners thereof, such
person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than fifty
nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the
county jail of the county in which the offence is committed, for a

1862, c 114
Embezzlement
of property by
carriers
27 Md 114 ,
43 Md 198.

term not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment, at the discretion of the court.

Punishment

54. If any person or persons shall purchase or fraudulently re-
ceive, without the consent of the owner or owners of such property,
any coal, iron, lumber, or other articles of merchandise, or any
property whatever, consigned to any person in this State, or any
other State, or the District of Columbia, knowing the same to be so
consigned, from any captain of a canal-boat, or any other person
engaged in transporting the said property, he, she, or they, so pur-
chasing, shall be liable to pay such owner or owners double the

Purchasing
property so
embezzled.

value of the property so purchased, to be recovered by civil action,
before any justice of the peace, or in any court having jurisdiction
thereof; and the said action may be brought in the name of either
the consignor or consignec.

Recovery by
action

55. If any person or persons employed in the management or
navigation of any vessel on any river, canal, bay, or other waters
within this State exclusively, in any capacity whatever, shall fraudu
lently sell, give away, pledge, or in any manner dispose of the cargo
thereof, or any article or commodity thereon, without the consent
of the owner or owners thereof; or if, having sold the same or any
part thereof with such consent, shall fraudulently neglect or refuse
to pay over to such owner or owners thereof the consideration re-
ceived therefor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof in any court of this Slate having criminal juris-

1878. c 264
Embezzlement
of cargo by
person in man-
agement of
vessel.

diction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand
nor more than three thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the
county jail of the county in which such conviction is had, or the
State Penitentiary, for a term of not more than five years, or by
both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

Punishment.

56. Any person holding office in this State, whether elected or
appointed by the governor, by the corporate authorities of Balti-
more, or by any other authority legally authorized to make such
appointments, who shall fraudulently embezzle or appropriate to his
own use money, funds, or evidences of debt, which he is by law
bound to pay over, account for, or deliver to the treasurer of this

Art 30, s 50
1854, c 196
Embezzlement
by public
officers