THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 767

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 11, 1953.

CHAPTER 407
(Senate Bill 100)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 119-126, inclusive, of Article
27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Destroying
Property Maliciously"; to repeal Section 335 of said
Article, sub-title "Graveyard Desecration"; to repeal
Section 628 of said Article, sub-title "Telegraphs and
Telephones—Injury to"; to repeal Section 663 of said
Article, sub-title "Trees, etc. —Destruction of"; and to
enact a new Section 119 in lieu thereof, said new section
to stand in the place and stead of the Section 119 so
repealed, and to be under the sub-title "Destroying Prop-
erty Maliciously", repealing a number of sections of the
criminal laws of this State having to do generally with
the destruction or injury of property belonging to others
and substituting a general provision in lieu of the
several sections so repealed.

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Resolution adopted during the
General Assembly of 1952, there has been appointed a
Commission to Revise Article 27 of the Code, this Article
having to do generally with criminal laws and offenses; and

WHEREAS, as a preliminary part of its work, the Com-
mission has determined that a number of sections in
Article 27, having to do generally with the destruction or
injury of property belonging to another, may be repealed
with a brief and general provision to be substituted in the
place of the several sections so repealed; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 119-126, inclusive, of Article 27 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Crimes and
Punishments", sub-title "Destroying Property Malicious-
ly"; Section 335 of said Article, sub-title "Graveyard Dese-

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.