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ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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Chapter 348.
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AN ACT to provide for the protection of the prop-
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erty of Railroads companies, and of property in
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railroad cars and carnages, and to punish offences
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against the same.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That any person, his aiders, abettors
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and counsellor, who shall break open or enter into any
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railroad car, then being upon the track of any rail-
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Penalty for in-
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road company in this state, with intent maliciously to
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juring car, &c.
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injure or destroy such car, or any kind of goods and
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chattels therein being, shall, upon conviction thereof,
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be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one
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year nor more than five years.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person, his
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aiders, abettors and counsellors, who shall maliciously
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injure or destroy any railroad locomotive, tender, car
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or carriage belonging to or in the use of any railroad
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company in this state, or being upon the track of any
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Penalty for in-
juring locomo-
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railroad company in this state, or who shall malici-
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tive.
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ously injure or destroy any kind of goods or chattels
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deposited or contained in such railroad car or carriage,
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shall upon conviction thereof, be confined in the
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penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten
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years.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person, his
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aiders, abettors and counsellors, who shall be convicted
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of the crime of breaking into or entering by force or
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otherwise any railroad car then being in the possession
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Penalty for
stealing from a
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or use of any railroad company in this state, with
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car.
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intent to steal any money, goods or chattels contained
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in such railroad car, shall be punished by imprison-
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ment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more
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than ten years.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any person, his
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aiders, abettors and counsellors, who shall be convicted
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of the crime of breaking into or entering by force or
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otherwise, any railroad car then being in the possess-
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breaking into a
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ion or use of any railroad company in this state, or
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car.
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then being upon the track of any railroad company
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in this state, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary
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not less than two nor more than ten years.
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