FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 17.

AN ACT to add two additional sections to article twenty-

seven of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Crimes

and Punishments," sub-title "Railroads-Obstructing," to

follow section two hundred aud thirty-one, and to be known

as section two hundred and thirty-one A and two hun-

dred and thirty-one B, respectively.

SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That two additional sections be and the same are

hereby added to article twenty-seven of the Code of Public

Crimes

General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title

and
Punish-

"Railroads-Obstructing," to follow section two hundred aud

ment.

thirty-one, and to be known as section two hundred and

thirty-one A and two hundred and thirty -one B.

SEC. 231 A. Any person, other than an employee, who

shall, without lawful authority, enter upon any part of any

freight train upon any railroad in this State, and ride thereon, i

Misde-

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upou conviction thereof,

meanor.

before any Justice of the Peace or tribunal of competent ju-

risdiction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than

one dollar, nor more than fifty dollars, or to imprisonment in

the Maryland House of Correction, or county or city jail, for

not more than six months, or to both fine and imprisonment,

as aforesaid, in the discretion of such tribunal.

SEC. 231 B. Any person who shall enter upon any part of

any passenger train witliin this State, and conceal himself

thereon, with the intention of riding on the same, aud evad-

ing payment of fare, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and

upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace, or

Sentence.

tribunal of competent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced to the

payment of a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than

fifty dollars, or to imprisonment in the Maryland House of

Correction, or the county or city jail for not more than six

months, or to both fine aud imprisonment as aforesaid, in the

discretion of said tribunal, aud such concealment shall be

evidence of an intention to evade payment of fare.

Approved February 25th, 1892.