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be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be
fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and in default of
payment of the fine so imposed shall be imprisoned in jail or
other proper place of detention for a period not exceeding sixty
days

1904, ch. 518, sec. 9. 1906, ch. 449.

139. Any person violating the provisions of this sub-title
shall, except as otherwise provided herein, upon conviction be
fined in a sum not exceeding the amounts hereinafter respec-
tively set forth: for a violation of section 131, fifty dollars;

for a violation of section 132, twenty dollars; for a violation
of section 133, twenty dollars; for a violation of section 134,
sub-division 1, twenty-five dollars; for a violation of section

134. sub-division 2, twenty-five dollars; for a violation of sec-
tion 134, sub-division 3, fifty dollars; for a violation of section

135. fifty dollars. In default of the payment of any of the
above fines there shall be imposed an imprisonment in the
county or city jail, as the case may be, for a period not exceed-
ing thirty days; provided, that any offender who shall have
been found guilty of any violation of this sub-title and sen-
tenced therefor, and who shall be convicted of a second offense
of the same violation, may for such second offense be fined in
double the amount herein prescribed for the first offense, and,
in default of payment of such fine, may be imprisoned in jail
as aforesaid for a period not exceeding three months. In the
case of any operator of a motor vehicle arrested for a violation
of any of the provisions of this sub-title, and who in addition
thereto is charged on oath with being an habitually reckless
driver, or with driving habitually in excess of speed limits of
this sub-title prescribed, or with habitually driving in disregard
of other provisions of this sub-title, the magistrate before whom
such charge is preferred shall transmit the papers in such case
to court, accepting bail or committing in default thereof as in
other cases, and upon the persons so charged being convicted
of the charge so preferred as aforesaid, and if the court be
satisfied that such person has been an habitually reckless
driver, or has habitually driven in excess of the speed limits
herein prescribed, or in habitual disregard of other provisions
of this sub-title, such court may, in its discretion, sentence the
person so convicted to imprisonment in the county or city jail,
as the case may be, for a term not exceeding sixty days, in