Marvin Mandel, Governor                         599

land, (except those justices of the peace in and for the City of Balti-
more 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
imprisonment in the discretion of the [justice of the peace trying the
case, or] court before which the case may be tried; provided, how-
ever, that if any such person shall be sentenced to the house of cor-
rection 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
hereafter 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 this section and pronounce judgment and
sentence therein, and that all acts and parts of acts, and a]. AW
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 inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this section are hereby repealed.

§ 458. Shooting or throwing at train.

Whoever shall willfully and maliciously shoot at or throw or cause
to fall or strike against, into or upon any locomotive, motor, tender
or car used upon any railroad or electric railway in this State, any
wood, stone or other matter or thing, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before [any justice of the
peace or] any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each
such offense, or be subject to imprisonment for not more than one
year in the county or city jail or the house of correction, in the dis-
cretion of such [justice of the peace or] court, or if such person be a
minor under sixteen years of age, he may, in the discretion of such
[justice of the peace or] court, be committed for not more than two
years to any reformatory institution provided by law and authorized
to receive minors so convicted.

§ 459. Throwing glass, etc., from moving train.

Whoever shall throw from any window, door or transom of any
passenger car, including dining, cafe, smoking, sleeping and private
cars, while the same is in motion, any bottle or other article of glass,