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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Baltimore City; provided the said Wyatt Owens first

obtain permission of the mayor and city council of Balti-

more City to make connection with said Light Street Bridge.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said bridge shall be built

How to be

in a substantial manner, not less than eighteen feet in

built.

width, and having a suitable draw for the passage of vessels,

provided, the engineer of the harbor board of Baltimore City

deems a draw in said necessary.

SEC. 3. A»d be it enacted, That Baltimore City or Balti-

Right to
purchase.

more County shall have the right and privilege at any time

to purchase said bridge for the purpose of making it a

free public highway.

Effective.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take enact

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1892.

CHAPTER 678.

AN ACT to repeal and re enact with amendments section

one hundred and sixty of article seven of the Code of

Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That section one hundred and sixty of article

.Amend-
ment.

twenty-seven of the Code of Public General Laws, title

" Crimes and Punishments," be repealed and re enacted so

as to read as follows :

SEC. 160. The taking and carrying away by any person

of corn from the stalk of the quautity of a peck or more, or

Misde-

the taking and carrying away willows from the stump of

meanor.

the weight of five pounds or more, or the taking and carry-

ing away of melons from the vine, fruits from the trees or

roots and vegetables from the soil, with a malicious iutent

to convert the same to his own use shall be deemed a mis-

demeanor, and any person guilty of the same shall upon

conviction be fined not more than fifty dollars, or be

sentenced to imprisonment in the House of Correction for

not more than twelve months or be both fined and imprisoned

in the discretion of the court.

Approved April 7th, 1892.