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2514
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 593
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(1) INTERFERE, TAMPER WITH, OR OBSTRUCT ANY
SWITCH, FROG, RAIL, ROADBED, SLEEPER, VIADUCT, BRIDGE,
TRESTLE, CULVERT, EMBANKMENT, STRUCTURE OR APPLIANCE
PERTAINING TO OR CONNECTED WITH ANY RAILWAY, OR ANY
TRAIN, ENGINE, MOTOR, OR CAR ON THAT RAILWAY IN A MANNER
THAT MIGHT, IF NOT DISCOVERED, ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF ANY
ENGINE, MOTOR, CAR OR TRAIN, OR ANY PERSON THEREON; OR
(2) DISCHARGE ANY FIREARM OR THROW ANY
DANGEROUS MISSILE AT ANY TRAIN, ENGINE, MOTOR OR CAR ON
ANY RAILWAY.
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(B) A PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF VIOLATING THE
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PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO IMPRISONMENT OF
NOT MORE THAN 25 YEARS, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN
$10,000, OR BOTH.
460C
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(A) A PERSON MAY NOT WILFULLY OR MALICIOUSLY, WITH
INTENT TO INJURE OR DEPRIVE THE OWNER THEREOF, TAKE,
STEAL, REMOVE, CHANGE, ADD TO, ALTER, OR IN ANY MANNER
INTERFERE WITH ANY JOURNAL BEARING, BRASS, WASTE,
ANY OTHER PART OF THE OPERATING MECHANISM OF ANY
LOCOMOTIVE, ENGINE, TENDER, COACH, CAR CABOOSE, OR MOTOR
CAR USED OR CAPABLE OF BEING USED BY ANY RAILROAD OR
RAILWAY COMPANY IN THIS STATE.
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(B) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY AND, UPON CONVICTION, IS
SUBJECT TO IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 25 YEARS, OR A
FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000 OR BOTH.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Sections 453 and 458
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 453 and 458 of Article 27 -
Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and they
are hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:
Article 27 ? Crimes and Punishments
453.
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(A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE WORD "RAILROAD"
INCLUDES ANY SWITCH, FROG, RAIL, ROADBED, SLEEPER,
VIADUCT, BRIDGE, TRESTLE, CULVERT, EMBANKMENT, STRUCTURE,
OR APPLIANCE PERTAINING TO OR CONNECTED WITH ANY RAILWAY.
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(B) If any person shall place anything, or cause
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