ART. 72.] CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC.

altered, and shall be thereof convicted, he shall be fined in any sum
not exceeding three hundred dollars, or sentenced to the peniten-

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tiary for any term not less than eighteen months nor more than
seven years, or both, in the discretion of the court

Punishment

74. If any person shall export or cause to be exported, any
hogshead of tobacco marked with a forged or counterfeited mark,
or demand tobacco of any inspector upon any forged, counterfeited,
or altered manifest or note, knowing such manifest or note, or such
mark, to be forged, counterfeited, or altered, he shall be sentenced

1867, c 56
Exporting hogs-
beads of tobacco
marked with
forged marks, or
demanding
tobacco of in-
spertor upon
forged manifest.

to the penitentiary not exceeding seven years nor less than eighteen
months, or be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars, or both of
them in the discretion of the court; and if any person shall put or

Punishment,

pack any tobacco into any hogshead marked by any inspector, in
lieu of tobacco inspected, or shall draw or take out any stave, plank,
or heading-board of any hogshead of tobacco, after it shall be de-
livered out from any public warehouse, unless it be for the purpose
of examining the quality of tobacco by a person intending to pur-
chase the same, upon conviction thereof, he shall be fined a sum not

Putting tobacco
in marked
hogsheads or
taking out
stark.

exceeding one hundred dollars, and in all such cases, the testimony
of the inspector may be admitted as Evidence.

Fine.

75. The inspectors of tobacco in this State shall brand with a
hob-iron on every hogshead of tobacco inspected by them, the name
of the State wherein the tobacco was raised; and if any person
shall rub out or deface any such brand on any hogshead of tobacco,
with a view of changing the same, or shall falsely mark or brand
any hogshead of tobacco contrary to the provisions of this section,

Art 30, s 35
1789, c 26, ss.
18-31
Branding hogs
heads of to-
bacco falsely.

upon conviction thereof, he shall suffer a confinement in the peni-
tentiary for not less than six months nor more than two years.

Punishment

7 6. Any person breaking any hogshead of tobacco with the word
Maryland on the bilge, or any other part of a, hogshead with intent
to evade the provisions of the laws relating to the inspection of
tobacco, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and upon conviction

Id s 36
1827, c 91, s 4
Breaking hogs-
heads ut to-
bacco to evade
inspection

thereof, shall undergo a confinement in the penitentiary for not less
than two nor more than four years.

Punishment.

77. If any person shall forge or counterfeit any certificate of the
stock of this State, or any letter of attorney for the transfer thereof,
or shall forge or counterfeit any such certificate with the intent of
putting the same in circulation, on conviction thereof, he shall be
sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than
ten years

DESTROYING PROPERTY MALICIOUSLY.

Id s 37
1821, cs 150-204,
1834, c 279, s 2
Furling certifi-
cate of State
stock or power
to transler
Punishment.

78. If any person shall cut or destroy any tobacco plants belong-
ing to any other person, or shall cause the same to be done, or shall
by any means cause or excite any person to cut or destroy any
tobacco or tobacco plants belonging to any other person, on convic-
tion thereof, he shall pay to the party grieved five hundred dollars,
and suffer six months' imprisonment, and shall also remain in prison
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Art 30, s 38.
1744, c 5 .
1751. c 7.
Malicious de-
struction of
tobacco plants.