Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                     25

"Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Railroads—Obstructing",
changing an incorrect cross reference contained in Section 550.

Whereas, Section 550 of Article 27 of the Code contains a cross
reference to Section 551 of the same article, and

Whereas, Section 551 has been repealed and this erroneous cross
reference should be corrected in order that it may not be misleading;
now, therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 550 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Rail-
roads—Obstructing", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

550. Any person who shall cling, climb, jump, step or in any other
way get upon any part of any locomotive, engine or car, or who shall
be on any part of any locomotive, engine or car, whether the same be
freight, passenger, coal or otherwise upon any part of the track of
any railroad within this State unless in so doing he acts in compliance
with the law or by permission under the rules and regulations of the
railroad, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
before any of the several justices of the peace of the State of Maryland,
(except those justices of the peace in and for the City of Baltimore
who have not been selected by the proper legal authority to sit at each
station house of said City of Baltimore) or upon conviction thereof
before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not more
than Twenty-five Dollars, or be subject to imprisonment in jail or in
the House of Correction for one month, or to both fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the justice of the peace trying the case, or
court before which the case may be tried; provided, however, that if
any such person shall be sentenced to the House of Correction such
railroad company or corporation, in all cases where the same is not
prohibited either by the laws of the State of Maryland, or of the
United States, which are in effect at present, or which may be here-
after passed, shall provide free transportation for such person or
persons to said House of Correction, and also free transportation for
not more than one officer in charge of such person, or persons, to
said House of Correction and back to the place where such person or
persons may have been tried and convicted; or if such person be a
minor under eighteen years of age, he may, in the discretion of the
justice of the peace or of the court trying the case, be committed to
any reformatory institution provided by law and authorized to receive
the same for such period as said justice of the peace or the said court
may determine, not to exceed two years. The several justices of the
peace of the State of Maryland (except those justices of the peace in
and for the City of Baltimore who have not been selected by proper
legal authority to sit at each station house of said City of Baltimore)
shall have in addition to the jurisdiction they now possess and which
may be conferred on them by or under the laws of this State, jurisdic-
tion to hear and determine all prosecutions or proceedings arising
under the provisions of [Sections 550 and 551] this section and
pronounce judgment and sentence therein, and that all Acts and
parts of Acts, and all sections and parts of sections of the Code, both
of General and Local Laws, and all amendments of and additions and
supplements thereto now in force in the State of Maryland incon-
sistent with the provisions of this section are hereby repealed.