WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 6

discretion of the court before which the case may be tried;
provided, however, that if any such person shall be sentenced to
the house of [correction] 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 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 court trying the case, be committed to any reformatory
institution provided by law and authorized to receive the same
for such period as the said court may determine, not to exceed
two years. 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
inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby
repealed.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Omitted comma in Article 27, § 455.

Occurred: Prior to 1957 codification of the Annotated
Code of Maryland.

458.

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, or any occupant thereof, used upon any
railroad or electric railway in this State, any wood, stone or
other matter or thing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, before any court of competent
jurisdiction, shall be imprisoned for a period [for] OF not more
than five years or fined not more than $1,000, or both.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect word usage in Article 27, § 458.

Occurred: Ch. 593, Acts of 1977.

460.

Any person, except the duly authorized agent of a railroad
company maintaining offices within this State, who shall by or
sell or engage in the business of buying and selling railroad
tickets or the unused portions thereof, or who acts as vendor or
broker of whole or partially used railroad tickets, or who
solicits personally or by sign or advertisement or otherwise for

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