ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1099

ment for not more than 30 days, or to both fine and imprison-
ment.

187-C. Any person who, after hiring, leasing or renting a
motor vehicle under an agreement to pay for the use of such
motor vehicle a sum of money based wholly or in part upon
the distance such. motor vehicle travels during the period
for which hired, leased or rented, shall, with intent to defraud
the person, or his agent, from whom such motor vehicle was
hired, leased or rented, remove or attempt to remove, tamper
with or attempt to tamper with, or in any way damage or
interfere with any hubdometer or other mechanical device
attached to such motor vehicle, or any part thereof, for the
purpose of registering the distance such motor vehicle travels,
and any person who shall knowingly aid, abet or assist an-
other in so doing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more
than One Hundred ($100) Dollars, or to imprisonment for
not more than 30 days, or to both fine and imprisonment

Any person violating the provisions of this section may
be prosecuted in the county or city where the motor vehicle
was hired, leased or rented.

187-D. Any person who, with intent to deprive or de-
fraud the owner of any motor vehicle, or the person in lawful
possession thereof, out of the use, benefit or enjoyment of
such motor vehicle, shall obtain the use, benefit or enjoyment
of such motor vehicle for himself from the owner or from
the owner's agent, or from any person in lawful possession
thereof, by means of a trick, or false or fraudulent repre-
sentation, or any false token or writing, or false personation
of another, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than
Five Hundred ($500) Dollars or imprisonment for not more
than six months, or to both fine and imprisonment.

187-E. Any person who, after hiring, leasing or renting
a motor vehicle under agreement to return such motor ve-
hicle at the termination of the period for which such motor
vehicle is hired, leased or rented, shall abandon such motor
vehicle, or refuse or wilfully neglect to return the same, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred