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ART. 27] FRAUD—TURNPIKES—WAREHOUSE, ETC., RECEIPTS. 175
1892, ch. 419.
118 E. Any person or persons found guilty of a violation of
section 118 D shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the
penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three years,
or imprisoned in the jail of the county or the city of Baltimore,
as the case may be, in which the offense was committed, for any
definite period, not less than six months, and shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Fraud—Upon Turnpikes.
1890, ch. 442.
118 F. If any person or persons shall, with intent to defraud
any turnpike or other company authorized by law to receive tolls
for use of its roads, pass through any private gate or bars, or
along any grounds near said road, to avoid any tollgate and
escape payment of tolls, or shall practice any fraudulent means
to lessen and avoid the payment of any just tolls, or shall refuse
to pay tolls he is bound by law to pay, each and every such
person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than one nor more than twenty-five
dollars, and upon failure to pay said fine shall be imprisoned not
more than five days; provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall prohibit persons from passing upon any turnpike
or toll road from one point to another between the gates upon
said pike or road, nor shall prohibit persons owning lands adja-
cent to any tollgate from using or crossing the same for their
own private purpose.
Fraud—Warehouse, Storage and Elevator Receipts.
1890, ch. 823
119 A. If any person entrusted with any money, drafts or
checks, as advances against any grain or other merchandise pur-
chased and stored in any elevator in the city of Baltimore or
elsewhere, and for which certificates or receipts have been turned
into such elevator, or delivered to the parties with whom the
same is stored, to be shipped or transported from the city of
Baltimore to the purchaser of said grain or other merchandise,
shall for his own benefit and in violation of good faith neglect or
refuse to deliver to the party so entrusting him with said money
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