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Excerpt from Across the Continent, Atlantic and Pacific Railway, Portland and Rutland Railroad: Official Record of the Corporators, April 30, 1868
Section 10. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously, or wan tonly and contrary to law, obstruct the passage of any carriages on such railroad, or in any way spoil, injure or destroy said railroad, or any part thereof, or anything belonging thereto, or any materials or implements to be employed in the construction of, or for the use of said road, he, she or they, or any person or persons assisting, aiding or abetting such trespass, shall forfeit and pay to said corporation, for every such offence, treble such damages as shall be proved before the justice, court or jury before whom the trial shall be had, to be sued for before any justice, or in any court proper to try the same, by the treasurer of the corporation, or other officer whom they may direct, to the use of said corporation; and such offender or offenders shall be liable to indictment by the grand jury of the county within which tres pass shall have been committed, for any offence or offences contrary to the above provisions; and upon conviction thereof before any court competent to try the same, shall pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars to the use of the state, or may be imprisoned for a term not ex ceeding five years, at the discretion of the court before whom such conviction may be had. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
