546 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

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 penitentiary for a term not less than two or more than six
years, or to a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than
two thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court.

1802, ch. 235.

267. If any person or persons within this State shall hold any
secret or public meeting, or unite with or belong to any secret
club or association known by him or them to be intended to effect,
promote or encourage the separation or secession of this State
from the government or union of the United States, every such
person, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to confinement
in the penitentiary for a term not less than two nor more than six
years, or to a fine of not less than five hundred or more than
three thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court.

Ibid.

268. If any person shall conspire or combine with others to
levy war against this State, or to give aid or comfort to the ene-
mies thereof, whether foreign or domestic, within this State or
elsewhere, and be convicted thereof, he shall be sentenced to con-
finement in the penitentiary for not less than two years nor more
than six years, or to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, at
the discretion of the court.

Ibid.

269. If, with intent to promote rebellion or war against this
State, or to give aid and comfort to the enemies thereof, any per-
son shall attempt to burn or destroy, or any person shall attempt
or conspire with others to burn or destroy, any bridge, ferry-boat,
viaduct, culvert, structure, rails, or other property belonging to or
being part of any highway or railroad, or any engine, car, vehicle,