property, or effects, or any part of them, before the delivery thereof at the place to which, or to the person to whom, they were to be delivered, he shall, upon conviction, be punished in the manner prescribed by law for feloniously stealing property of the value of the article so taken, embezzled, or secreted.

SEC. 27. Every person who shall buy, or in any way receive, any money, goods, rights in action, or any valuable security or effects whatever, knowing the same to have been embezzled, taken, or secreted, contrary to the provisions of the four preceding sections, shall, upon conviction, be punished as herein before provided in the case of grand or petty larceny, according to the value of the property so bought or received.

SEC. 28. If any officer or clerk of any bank or joint stock company, make, alter, or omit to make, any entry in any account kept in such bank, or by such company, with the intent in so doing to conceal the true state of such account, or to defraud said bank or company, or to enable or to assist any person to obtain money to which he was not entitled, such officer or clerk shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years.

DESTROYING WILL.

SEC. 29. If any person to whom a will shall be delivered for safe custody shall alter or destroy the same without the direction of the testator, or shall wilfully secrete it for the space of six months after the death of the testator shall be known to him, he shall, on conviction thereof, suffer the same punishment as is inflicted by law in case of grand larceny.

SEC. 30. If any person other than such custodian of a will shall destroy or cancel the same as aforesaid, he shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than three years.

FALSE PRETENCE.

SEC. 31. If any person, with intent to defraud another, shall designedly, by color of any false token or writing, or by any false representation in writing, obtain the signature of any person to any written instrument, the false making whereof would be forgery, or obtain from any person any money, note, bond, receipt, or other thing of value, such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years.

FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES OF PROPERTY.

SEC. 32. Every person, being a party to any conveyance or assignment of any estate or interest in lands, goods, or things in action, or of any rents and profits issuing therefrom, or to any charge on any such estate, interest, rents, or profits, made with intent to defraud prior or subsequent purchasers, or to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors or other persons, and every person being privy to or knowing of such conveyance, assignment, or charge, who shall wilfully put the same in use as having been made in good faith, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be confined in jail not less than three nor more than twelve months, and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.

SEC. 33. If any person shall, knowingly, sell or convey any tract or lot of land without having a title to the same in law or equity, with intent to defraud the purchaser, he shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished as in the preceding section.

FRAUDULENT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

SEC. 34. If any person shall wilfully cast away, burn, sink, or otherwise destroy any ship or vessel, with intent to injure or defraud any owner of such vessel, or the owner of property laden on board the same, or any insurer of any such vessel or property, or any part thereof, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years.

SEC. 35. If any person shall lade, equip, or fit out, or assist in lading, equipping, or fitting out, any ship or vessel, with intent that the same shall be wilfully cast away, burnt, sunk, or otherwise destroyed, to injure or defraud any owner or insurer of such vessel, or of any property laden on board the same, he shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five

years.

MALICIOUS INJURIES TO PROPERTY.

SEC. 36. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously place any obstruction upon the track of any railroad, or change any switch, or remove the fastenings therefrom, so as to endanger the passage of trains, or wilfully and maliciously commit any other act to throw the cars or engine from the track, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years; and if from any such act

an accident ensue, and any person be so injured that death results, as the immediate consequence thereof, the person so offending shall be guilty of murder in the first degree, and shall suffer the punishment thereof.

SEC. 37. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously kill, maim, or disfigure any horse, cattle, or other beast of another person, or shall wilfully and maliciously administer poison to any such beast, or expose any poisonous substance with intent that the same shall be taken by them, or shall wilfully and maliciously destroy or injure the property of another in any manner or by any means not particularly described or mentioned in this chapter, shall be punished by confinement in the jail for a period not less than one nor more than twelve months, and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

SEC. 38. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy, any dam, reservoir, canal, or any lock gate, or other appurtenances thereof, or any of the wheels, mill gear, or machinery of any mill, or shall wilfully or wantonly, without color of right, draw off the water contained in any mill pond, reservoir, or canal, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail not less than two nor more than twelve months, and fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

SEC. 39. Every person who shall wilfully or maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy, any public or toll bridge, or any turnpike gate, or in any manner obstruct a public highway, shall suffer the same punishment as is provided in the next preceding section.

SEC. 40. Every person who shall wilfully disfigure or injure any tombstone, monument, fence, tree, or shrubbery around or within a cemetery, or shall wantonly use such cemetery for any other purpose than a burying ground, shall be punished by confinement in jail not more than six months, or fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 41. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy any monument erected for the purpose of marking the boundaries of either of the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the county of Washington, or of any tract or let of land, or any tree marked for that purpose; or shall so break down, injure, remove, or destroy, any mile stone, mile board, or guide board,

erected upon any public way; or shall wilfully and maliciously mar or deface any building, or any sign board, lamp, or railing, erected on any bridge, sidewalk, highway, or canal, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

SEC. 42. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously, or wantonly and without cause, cut down or destroy, or by girdling, lopping, or otherwise, shall injure any fruit or other tree, not his own, standing or growing for shade, ornament, or other useful purpose, or shall maliciously break down or injure any fence enclosing or belonging to another's land, or shall maliciously sever from the freehold of another any product thereof, or any thing attached thereto, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

TRESPASSES.

SEC. 43. Every person who, without color of right, shall wilfully commit any trespass by cutting down or destroying any timber or wood standing on the land of another, or by carrying away any kind of timber or wood cut down or lying on such land, or by digging up or carrying away any stone, ore, gravel, clay, sand, turf, or mould, from such land, or any roots, fruit, or plant there being, or by cutting down or carrying away any grass, hay, grain, or corn standing or being on such land, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than sixty days, or by fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

SEC. 44. Every person who, without color of right, shall wilfully commit any trespass by entering upon the garden, orchard, or other improved land of another, with intent to cut, take, carry away, destroy, or injure the trees, grain, grass, hay, fruit, or vegetables there growing or being, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not over thirty days, or by fine not exceeding twenty dollars.

SEC. 45. Every person who, without color of right, shall wilfully commit any trespass by entering upon the enclosed lands of another to hunt with gun or dog, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. The offender may be committed to jail until payment be made or the fine shall be otherwise collected according to law; and to meet the same, any gun or other hunting implement in the possession

an accident ensue, and any person be so injured that death results, as the immediate consequence thereof, the person so offending shall be guilty of murder in the first degree, and shall suffer the punishment thereof.

SEC. 37. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously kill, maim, or disfigure any horse, cattle, or other beast of another person, or shall wilfully and maliciously administer poison to any such beast, or expose any poisonous substance with intent that the same shall be taken by them, or shall wilfully and maliciously destroy or injure the property of another in any manner or by any means not particularly described or mentioned in this chapter, shall be punished by confinement in the jail for a period not less than one nor more than twelve months, and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

SEC. 38. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy, any dam, reservoir, canal, or any lock gate, or other appurtenances thereof, or any of the wheels, mill gear, or machinery of any mill, or shall wilfully or wantonly, without color of right, draw off the water contained in any mill pond, reservoir, or canal, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail not less than two nor more than twelve months, and fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

SEC. 39. Every person who shall wilfully or maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy, any public or toll bridge, or any turnpike gate, or in any manner obstruct a public highway, shall suffer the same punishment as is provided in the next preceding section.

SEC. 40. Every person who shall wilfully disfigure or injure any tombstone, monument, fence, tree, or shrubbery around or within a cemetery, or shall wantonly use such cemetery for any other purpose than a burying ground, shall be punished by confinement in jail not more than six months, or fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 41. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy any monument erected for the purpose of marking the boundaries of either of the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the county of Washington, or of any tract or lot of land, or any tree marked for that purpose; or shall so break down, injure, remove, or destroy, any mile stone, mile board, or guide board,