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give the preceding section in charge of the grand jury of their
respective courts at each term of said courts.

Adultery.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 1. 1815, ch. 27, sec. 3. 1749, ch. 12.

5. Any person who shall commit adultery shall, upon convic-
tion thereof in any of the circuit courts for the counties in this
State or the criminal court of Baltimore, be fined ten dollars.

Wagaman v. Byers, 17 Md. 187. Griffin v. Moore, 43 Md. 252. Shafer v.
Ahalt, 48 Md. 173.

Arson and Burning.

F. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 2. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 5.

6. Every person convicted of the crime of arson, or as being
accessory thereto, shall, at the discretion of the court, suffer
death, or be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than five,
nor more than twenty years.

Cocbrane v. State, 6 Md. 400. Kellenbeck v. State, 10 Md. 437. Gibson v.
State, 54 Md. 450.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1831, ch. 208, sec. 4.

71 If any person shall maliciously set fire to and burn any
untenanted dwelling house, he shall, on conviction thereof, be
confined in the penitentiary for a term not less than two years
nor more than ten years.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1809, ch. 138. sec. 5.

8. Every person, his aiders or abettors, who shall be convicted:
of the crime of wilfully and maliciously burning any ship or
other vessel of seventeen feet keel or upwards, whether laden or-
empty, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than
two nor more than twelve years.

Ibid sec 5. 1720, ch. 25. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 8.

9. If any person shall wilfully burn, or attempt or conspire to
burn, any court house, or county or public prison, or the peniten-
tiary, poor house, magazine or lazaretto, or public warehouse, or
any other building belonging to this State, or the different conn-
ties, cities or towns, or bodies corporate in this State, or the office
of the clerk or register of any court in this State, or the state;