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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 442.

AN ACT to prohibit persons from using toll-roads, and evading

payment of tolls.

SECTION 1. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That 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 toll-gate and escape pay-

Toll gates.

ment 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 adjacent to any toll-

gate, from using or crossing the same for their own private pur-

pose.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 443.

AN ACT making it unlawful for any railroad company in this

State to withhold from any of its employees any part of the

wages of said employees for relief or insurance purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That it shall not be lawful for any railroad company doing busi-

Unlawful.

ness in this State to withhold any part of the wages of its em-

ployees for the benefit of any relief associations or the members

thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any railroad company violating

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the provisions of this act, shall upon conviction be fined not less

than fifty ($50) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500) dol-

lars for each and every offense.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts incon-

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sistent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Effective.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the

date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.