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guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined, in the discretion of the said
justice or court, in a sum of money not less than three dollars
nor more than fifty dollars for any one offence, and shall stand
committed to the public jail of the county or city till the fine and
fees shall be paid.

1882, ch. 66.

54. Every person who shall feloniously steal or take, or who
shall maliciously mutilate, injure or disfigure by writing, marking,
cutting, tearing or otherwise, any book, map, picture, engraving,
manuscript or other property of any public library or circulating
library, or library belonging to the State of Maryland, or to any
city or public body or incorporated institution, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than
three months, or, in the discretion of the court, may be both
fined and imprisoned as aforesaid,

1884, ch 382.

55. Any person who shall enter upon the land or premises of
any other person, whether such other person be the owner or
lessee of said property or premises, and wilfully and maliciously
injure any ice upon any pond or stream of water upon said land
so as to injuriously affect the quality of the same as an article
for sale or use, or who shall from beyond the property or premises
of any such owner or lessee wilfully and maliciously thereon
cast or discharge upon any such ice any substance whatever
which shall so injure the same, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars, or imprisoned
for thirty days, in the discretion of the court; and the ownership
in said ice may be laid in the indictment to be either in any of
the persons who have at the time of the commission of said act
the right to gather said ice for use or sale as owner or lessee of
said land on which said pond or stream may be situated, or in
any other person who has the legal right to gather the said ice
for sale or use by license from or contract with such owner or

1884, ch 348, sec 1.

56. Any person, his aiders, abettors and counsellor, who shall
break open or enter into any railroad car, then being upon the