EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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brush on the public highways, which, however, is hereby
prohibited, and is to be deemed punishable, when on a high-
way where persons are driving, as a violation of the section
prohibiting a greater speed than is reasonable, and when
otherwise and the speed exceeds twelve miles an hour, as a
violation of sub-title 3 of Section 134 of this Act.
138. No person operating any steam or electric motor
vehicle in this State shall allow the same to stand unattended

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on or by any road, street or other highway, without securely
locking the lever or other device by which the same is started,
or taking other reasonable precautions to prevent such vehicle
being started by unauthorized persons; and no person oper-
ating any gasoline motor vehicle shall leave the same unat-
tended as aforesaid without first stopping the motor and cut-
ting off the electric current. The penalty for a violation of the
aforegoing provision shall be a fine not less than ten dollars.

Unlawful to
leave motor
unattended.

Any person who shall, without authority of the person in
charge thereof, climb upon or in any automobile, whether
while the same is in motion or at rest, or hurl stones or other
missiles at the same, or at the occupants thereof, or who
shall, while such motor vehicle is at rest and unattended,
sound the horn or other signaling device, or attempt to
manipulate any of the levers, the starting crank, brakes or
machinery thereof, or set said vehicle in motion or otherwise

Penalty.

damage or interfere with the same, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be fined in a sum not
exceeding fifty dollars, and in default of payment of the fine
so imposed shall be imprisoned in jail or other proper place
of detention for a period not exceeding sixty days.
139. Any person violating the provisions of this sub-title

Guilty of mis-
demeanor.

shall, except as otherwise provided herein, upon conviction be
fined in a sum not exceeding the amounts hereinafter respec-
tively set forth for a violation of section 131, fifty dollars ;
for a violation of section 132, twenty dollars; for a violation of
section 133, twenty dollars; for a violation of section 134,
sub-division 1, twenty-five dollars; for a violation of section
134, sub-division 2, twenty-five dollars; for a violation of sec-
tion 134, sub-division 3, fifty dollars; for a violation of section
135, fifty dollars. In default of the payment of any of the
above fines there shall be imposed an imprisonment in the
county or city jail, as the case may be, for a period not exceed-
ing thirty days; provided, that any offender who shall have

Fines to be
imposed.