22 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 9

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon
a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the mem-
bers elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved June 27th, 1917.

CHAPTER 9.

AN ACT to add two additional sections to Article 27 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Crimes and Punish-
ments, " sub-title "Destroying Property Maliciously, " said
additional sections to follow immediately after Section 100
of said Article and sub-title and to be numbered, respec-
tively, 100A and 100B.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That two additional sections be and they hereby
are added to Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-title "Destroying Prop-
erty Maliciously, " said additional sections to follow immediate-
ly after Section 100 of said Article and sub-title, to be num-
bered respectively 100A and 100B, and to read as follows:

100A. Every person, his aiders or abettors, who shall wil-
fully and maliciously dynamite, blow up or otherwise wreck,
destroy, injure or damage, in whole or in part, or attempt so
to do, or conspire or connive thereat, any of the property
hereinafter mentioned, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be
subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years,
or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars, or to both fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court; provided,
however, that nothing in this Act shall apply to the crime of
arson, or any prosecution therefor.

100B. The properties included within the terms of this Act
are the following: