466 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

P. G. L., (1860,) art 30, sec. 16. 1722, ch. 8, secs. 3-4

22. 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.

Bribery.

P. G. L, (1860,) art. 30, sec. 17. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 8. 1868, ch. 369.
1882, ch. 142.

23. If any person shall bribe or attempt to bribe any executive
officer of the State of Maryland, any judge, justice of the peace
or other judicial officer of this State, any member or officer of the
general assembly of Maryland, or any member or officer of any
municipal corporation of this State, or any executive officer
of such corporation, in order to influence any such officer or
person in the performance of any of his official duties; and if
the governor or other executive officer of this State, any judge,
justice of the peace or other judicial officer of this State, any
member of the general assembly of Maryland or officer thereof,
or any member or officer of any municipal corporation, or mayor
or other executive officer thereof in this State, shall demand or
receive any bribe, fee, reward or testimonial for the performance
of his official duties, or for neglecting or failing to perform the
same, every such person so bribing or attempting to bribe any of
such officers or persons, and every such person so demanding or
receiving any bribe, fee, reward or testimonial, shall be deemed
guilty of bribery, and on being convicted thereof shall be fined
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand
dollars, or, in the discretion of the court, shall be sentenced to be
imprisoned in the penitentiary of this State for not less than two
nor more than twelve years, or both fined and imprisoned, and
shall also be forever disfranchised and disqualified from holding
any office of trust or profit in this State; and any person so
bribing or attempting to bribe, or so demanding or receiving a
bribe, shall be a competent witness, and compellable to testify
against any person or persons who may have committed any of
the aforesaid offences; provided, that any person so compelled to
testify in any such case shall be exempt from trial and punish-