544 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

pistol to any one whomsoever. Any person violating this section
shall, on conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than fifty nor
more than two hundred dollars, together with the costs of prose-
cution, and upon failure to pay said fine and costs, shall be com-
mitted to jail and confined therein until such fine and costs are
paid, or for the period of sixty days, whichever shall first occur.

Traction Engines.

1884, ch. 170, sec. 1.

259. Every traction engine, when propelled by steam upon or
over any public road in this State, shall be accompanied by at
least two men, whose duty it shall be to so conduct the engine as
to cause as little alarm as possible to horses, ridden, driven or led
upon such road, and to render at all times all reasonable assistance
to persons so riding, driving or leading horses upon such road.

Ibid sec. 2.

260. The person in charge of said engine, at the signal or
request of any person riding a horse, or of any person leading or
driving a horse or horses attached to any vehicle, or at the indica-
tion of such horse or horses becoming alarmed by said engine,
shall go as far as practicable to the side of the road, and remain
stationary until the said horse or horses have passed to a safe
distance, in the meantime making as little noise as possible with
the steam.

Ibid sec. 8. 1888, ch. 198.

261. One of the men accompanying such engine shall pre-
cede such engine at least three hundred yards to warn persons
riding or driving upon any public road, of the approach of said
engine, and shall assist such person or persons in the management
of any horse or horses that may require his assistance to control
the same.

Ibid. sec. 4.

262. If any person in charge of any such engine shall fail or
neglect to comply with the provisions of the three preceding
sections, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars, and in
default of the payment of said fine, shall be committed to jail for
not less than thirty days, or until the fine is paid, or both, in the
discretion of the justice.