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of Correction for not more than six months, or to both fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the justice of the peace trying
the case, or court before whom the case may be tried; or if such
person be a minor under sixteen years of age, he may in the dis-
cretion of the justice of the peace, or any court trying the ease,
be committed to any reformatory institution provided by law,
and authorized to receive the same for such period as the justice
of the peace or court may determine, not to exceed two years.

Rape.

1890, ch. 410. 1892, ch. 204.

233. If any person shall carnally know and abuse any
woman child under the age of fourteen years, or knowingly
carnally know and abuse any woman who is an imbecile, non
compos mentis or insane, of any age whatever, every such carnal
knowledge, shall be deemed felony, and the offender being con-
victed thereof, shall, at the discretion of the court suffer death,
or imprisonment for life in the penitentiary, or for a definite
period, not less than eighteen months nor more than twenty-one
years.

1898, ch. 218.

233 A. If any person shall carnally know any female not
his wife, between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, such
carnal knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and the
offender, being convicted thereof, shall be punished by impris-
onment in the Maryland House of Correction for a term not
exceeding two years, or be fined in a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discre-
tion of the court; provided, that nothing in this section contained
shall be construed to affect or interfere with the law relating to
the crime of rape, as now in force in this State; and provided
further, that this section shall not apply to male persons under
the age of eighteen years.

Receiving Stolen Goods, Money or Securities.

1892, ch. 548.

234. Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of
receiving any stolen money, goods or chattels, knowing the same
to be stolen, or of the crime of receiving any bond, bill obliga-