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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC. [.ART. 72.

the least, that may be present at the bounding such tree or trees, or
setting up such other boundary, shall forfeit and pay for each offence
the sum of one hundred dollars.

Id s 16
1722, c 8, ss 3.
Penalties, how
recovered.

88. The penalties incurred under the two preceding sections
shall be recovered by indictment, which shall contain as particular
a description of the place, and to whose lands the boundaries relate
which have been set up or destroyed, as possible, and one-half of
such penalty shall go to the informer.

BAGGAGc.

1870, c 376, s 1
Punishment for
wilfully injur-
ing baggage

89. Any baggage-master, express agent, stage-driver, hackman,
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, trans-
portation, or delivery, who shall wilfully or recklessly injure or de-
stroy 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.

Id s 2
Not to affect
civil liability.

90. Nothing in the last preceding section shall affect the civil
liability of the party so offending or his principal, for damages, but
in all civil actions therefor, as well as in all proceedings to impose
or recover the fine or penalty by the last preceding section provided

Evidence

for, proof of injury shall be prima facie evidence of the reckless-
ness or wilfulness therein provided for.

ERASURE, ETC., OF OWNER'S NAME ON FRUIT BASKET, ETC.

1874, c 376, s 2
Concealment,
defacement,
etc , of owner's
name on fruit
basket, etc

91. The concealment, defacement, or erasure of the owner's
name, by any mode whatever, without his consent, from any peach,
or other fruit basket, box, or crate, shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
and, on conviction before a justice of the peace in the county, or
the city of Baltimore, where the offence was committed, the party

Restitution by
party offending.

offending shall be required to make restitution to the owner of the
basket, box, or crate, in a sum equal to ten times its original cost,

Fine.

and shall be fined not less than ten nor more than thirty dollars for
every concealment, defacement, or erasnre of the name of the owner
from every peach, or other fruit basket, box or crate; one-half of
said fine to be paid to the informer, and the other half to the county
commissioners, or to the commissioners of the Appeal Tax Court of
the city of Baltimore, to be applied to the ordinary expenses of the
county or city, as the case may bc.

Id s 3.
Wilful destruc-
tion of fruit
baskets, etc

62. Any party who shall wilfully destroy any peach, or other fruit
basket, box, or crate, either by splitting it up or burning it, or any
part of it, shall, on conviction thereof before a justice of the peace
of the county, or the city of Baltimore, where the offence was

Same penalties

committed, be subject to all the penalties imposed in the imme-
diately preceding section.