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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
having been submitted to, considered and reported
upon by the comptroller of the treasury.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
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Elective.
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effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 4, 1884.
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Chapter 22.
AN ACT, sub-title " An act to repeal section twenty-
eight of article twenty-six, Code of General Laws,
title ' Corporations,' sub-title ' Cemeteries,' as amend-
ed by the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
chapter four hundred and seventy-one, section eighty-
three," and to re-enact the same with amendments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section twenty-eight of article
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Repealed and
re-enacted.
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twenty-six of the Code of General Laws, as amended
by the act of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chap-
ter four hundred and seventy-one, section eighty-three,
title " Corporations," sub-title " Cemeteries," be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, as follows :
SECTION ... Any person or persons, his, her or their
aiders or abettors, who shall wilfully destroy, mutilate,
deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument or
grave-stone, or other structure placed in any cemetery,
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Not to willfully
destroy to.
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or any building, wall, fence, railing or other work
for the use, protection or ornament of any public or
private cemetery in the State of Maryland, or shall
wilfully destroy, cut, break or remove any tree, plant
or shrub within its limits, or who shall shoot or dis-
charge any fire-arms within said limits or shall be
guilty of indecent or disorderly conduct within said
limits, shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the
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Penalty for
violation.
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peace or court of this state having criminal jurisdic-
tion, shall be punished by fine, not less than five nor
more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the county
jail for not less than one month, or both, in the discre-
tion of the said justice or court, according to the
gravity of the offence.
Approved March 4, 1884.
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