SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                           57

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 466 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "I.
Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Receiving Stolen Goods,
Money or Securities," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

466. Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of receiv-
ing any stolen money, goods, or chattels, to the value of one hundred
dollars or upwards, knowing the same to be stolen, or of the crime
of receiving any bond, bill obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory
note for the payment of money, bank note, paper bill of credit
[Or] , or certificate granted by or under the authority of this
, OR CERTIFICATE GRANTED BY OR UNDER THE AUTHOR-
ITY OF THIS State, or the United States, or any of them, to the
value of one hundred dollars or upwards, knowing the same to be
stolen, shall restore such money, goods, or chattels or thing taken and
received to the owner thereof, or make restitution to the value of the
whole or such part thereof as shall not be restored, and shall be guilty
of a felony, and upon conviction be sentenced to undergo confinement
in the penitentiary, or in the house of correction, or in jail, in the
discretion of the court imposing sentence, for not more than ten
years. And such receiver may be prosecuted and punished, although
the principal offender or offenders shall not have been convicted,
and although such receiver shall have received such money, goods or
chattels or things from a person other than the person by whom
such money, goods or chattels or things shall have been stolen.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved March 24, 1967.

CHAPTER 43
(Senate Bill 59)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 539 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Supple-
ment), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "I. Crimes and
Punishments," subheading "Sabotage Prevention," correcting an
error in the laws respecting sabotage prevention.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 539 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "I.
Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Sabotage Prevention," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

539. If two or more persons conspire to commit any crime
defined by this subtitle, each of such persons is guilty of conspiracy
and shall be deemed a [felony] felon subject to the same punish-
ment as if he had committed the crime which he conspired to com-
mit, whether or not any act be done in furtherance of the conspiracy.