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An Act to amend an act, entitled an act further to prohibit injuries to railroads and other property of railroad companies 1842 64 (1842)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0577 and id is 1 raw text is: 64 Internal Improvement.-Railroads. works of lnter- hereafter be required to take an oath or affirmation before some ma- aI lnt.lOprov- gistrate of the commonwealth, that they will faithfully and diligently Reports to bo perform their duties; and the reports of such toll-gatherers shall also Vorlied. be verified by oath or affirmation before some magistrate, which oath, Falso wenring if taken falsely, shall subject the person taking it to the penalties pro- ijo h ,rJiiry, vided by law against persons convicted of perjury. 'enalty for pas- 2. Be it fihther enacted, That the penalty prescribed by the eigh- sing withot teenth section of an act prescribing certain general regulations for the incorporation of turnpike companies, for persons or things pas. sing without payment of toll, shall hereafter be ten dollars, (instead of live dollars,) recoverable by the toll-gatherer, in the manner pre- scribed in the said section, one half for his own use, and the other i'iioity t,ll- for the use of the company: and any toll-gatherer knowing of aiy goliehlrer fatilingC to, 'lsecati, oll'ence committed under this act, and failing to prosecute therefor, shall himiself be liable to removal from office, and to a deduction of twenty dollars from his compensation, for each failure to prosectte. tp,,ilIiienci,cIl. 3. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof. CHA. 95.-An ACT to amend an act, entitled an act farther to prohibit in- juries to railroads and other property of railroad companies. [ iassed A1iarc W1, 18.13i.1 I',,I,,iiy to birn, 1. Be it enarteld byj the general asscnbly, That if any person or ,r;,.i persons shiall wilfully and maliciously burn, set lire to, cut, tear Ul), or destroy any part of any railroad now constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, or which may be partly comistruCtcd by amy company imorporate, by the authority of the legislature of this coin- monwealth, or constriicted by the comnmouiwealth, or by any person or persons authorized by the legislature, or any of the necessary %worls, buildings, niachincs, or bridges beloiiging, attached to, and used vith, or as parts of such railroad, of the value of one thousand dollars, every such person, his, her or their aiders and abettors shall i'l iti in, oit ii be dee ied guilty of felony ; and if lie, she or they be a free person or persons, shll sull:r imprisoimnit in the public jail and peniiteli- tiary, for a term not less than ten nor more than twenty years, and if il ,iave, . a slave or slaves, slall suffer death without benefit of clergy. Ec,.uIit vay 2. Be it .fither 'nacted, That all persons giving such information ,ttll'cit-rd ,. to any justice of thp. peace as shall lead to the apprehenlsion and con- victioni of olleiders under this act, or the act to which this is atn amendment, or the second section of an act, entitled an act pre- scrilbin g tie punishmnent of olliences committed on railroads, passed larch the twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be heiceforth entitled, onl proper evidence of the itett being ftriiished to the executive, to such reward, not less than fifty, nor moore than live humdred dolars, as miay seem to the executive proper under the circumstances of the case. ,.tr I :i0- 3. Be it fiirlher enacted, That the act passed April the fifth, eigh- ,w_,. ,,,d,,,,, teen hundred and thirty-niie, entitled an act further to l)rohibit in- h,,i ,di ,dtllar. juries to railroads and bridges, shall henceforth be construed to al)- A.,tA8391, ily 1 to cases where the subject injured is of more value than one liuin- dred, and less than one thousand dollars: and this act shall not be construed to repeal the said act or any part thereof. coiiiiiviic iiit. ,4. This act shall be in orece from the passing thereof.

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