ART. 72 ] CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, ETC.

of Baltimore County, in which the offence was committed, shall be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than
one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment in jail not less than one
month nor more than six months, or by both fine and imprison-
ment, at the discretion of the court, and by forfeiture of license
one-half the fine to be paid to the informer, and the other half to
the State.

OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE, JUSTICE, HEALTH,
AND POLICY.

TREASON.

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129. If any person shall levy war against this State, or shall
adhere to the enemies thereof, whether foreign or domestic, giving
them aid or comfort, within this State or elsewhere, and shall be
thereof convicted, on confession in open court or on the testimony
of two -witnesses, both of them to the same overt act, he shall suffer

1862,c 285.
Treason
defined

death, or be sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, for not
less than six nor more than twenty years, at the discretion of the
court.

Punishment.

130. If any person shall provide or procure money, goods, or
other property or effects (other than munitions of war), to be used
in the levying of war against this State, or in giving aid or comfort
to the enemies of this State, within this State or elsewhere, and be
convicted thereof, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the
common jail of the county or city wherever he may be convicted, for
a term not 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 mu-
nitions of war, shall, on conviction thereof, be sentenced to confine-
ment 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 hundred 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

1862, c 235
Providing or
procuring
money or prop-
erty to be used
for treason

131. If any person or persons shall, wilfully and for the purpose
of promoting rebellion or war against this State, burn or destroy
any bridge, viaduct, culvert, structure, rails, ferry-boat, or other
property 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 peniten-

1862, c 235.
Burning
bridges, etc , to
promote
rebellion.