A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

towing path, waste weir or feeder of any canal or
any boat, vessel or other property belonging to or
used or employed thereon within this State, every
person so offending, upon conviction thereof, shall
be sentenced to confinement in the Penitentiary for
a term not exceeding three years, nor less than one
year, or fined in a sum not more than two thousand
nor less than five hundred dollars, in the discre-
tion of the court

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Sub-Sec. 7. That if any person -or persons shall
wilfully attempt or conspire to betray, yield or
deliver to any person or persons in rebellion
against the government of this State, or to their
emissaries, aiders or abettors any ship, vessel or
steamboat within this State, every person so of-
fending shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to confinement in the Pententiary for a term not
exceeding three years nor less than one year, or
fined in a sum not more than two thousand nor
less than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of
the court.

Delivery of
ships, &c., to
persons in re-
bellion, pro-
hibited.

Sub-Sec. 8. Be it enacted, If any person or per-
sons in this State shall knowingly display to pub-
lic view what is commonly designated the Secession
flag, with a view and intent to excite seditious
feelings, or .shall during the present rebellion
against the Government of the United States, and
without the consent of the Government of the
United States, offer inducements to any minor or
other person to abandon his home or place of tem-
porary residence for the purpose of going into any
of the States in rebellion, or shall furnish to any
minor or other person money, clothing or convey-
ances of any kind for the accomplishment of any
such intended object, although the same may not
have been effected, each one of said offences shall
be deemed evidence of disloyalty, and shall be in
law a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not
less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred
dollars, in the discretion of the court, and in case
of the non-payment of the fine and costs of suit the
person or persons convicted of a violation of this
sub-section, shall be imprisoned it the county of
city Jail where the offence is committed, for not
less than thirty or more than sixty days, in the
discretion of the court before whom the case was
tried.

Displaying
Secession flag,
or aiding per-
sons in going
to rebellious
States, a mis-
demeanor.