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preventing Of trespasses in divers cases"
SEC. l. Be- enacted By ths Senate and House
assembled and By the authority Of the Sate, That
from and after the passing of this act, if any per-
son shall enter upon any grass land, orchard or
garden, without permission from the owner there
of, with intent to cut, destroy, take or carry a.
way, any grass hay, fruit or vegetables, 3ith the


intent 10 niure or deiTaud such owner, each per-
son, 50 offending, shall forfeit and pay, for every
such offence, a sum not less than two dollars, nor
more than ten dollars, to the use of the Common
wealth. to be recovered on complaint before any
Justice OF the Peace Of the county, in which the
offence shall be committed and the persons so
offending shall also be liable in damages to the
party injured.


SEC: 2. Be At further enacted, That from and
after the passing Of this act, fapy person. having
entered upon any grass land, orchard or garden,
shall take therefrom, without permission Of the
! owner thereof, and with the intent to injure and
defraud such owner, any grass, hay, fruit, vege-
! table or shrub, cultivated thereon for ornament
or use, such person, offending, shall forfeit and
pay, for each offence, to the use of the Common
wealth, sum not less than FIVE, nor more than
fifty dollars to be recovered by indictment or in
| formation before the Circuit Court of Common
| Pleas, in the county where such offence shall
be committed, or the Municipal Court of the
| town Of Boston, if such offence be committed in
the county of Suffolk and the person, so offen-
ding, shall be also liable to the party injured, in
sum equal to three times the value of such
grass, hay, fruit, vegetable or shrub, TO be res
covered by action of the case in any Court Of
competent jurisdiction.


SEC 3. BE 1t further enacted, That any per-
son, who having entered upon any grass land,
field or orchard, shall, without permission OF the
owner thereof, and with the intent to inJure him,
break, bruise, cut, mutilate, mjure destroy any
fruit tree, tree for ornament or shade, or shrub
cultivated thereon, for ornament OF use, and
which shall be standing or growing thereon.
such person so offending, shall forfeit and pay to
the use of the Commonwealth, a sum not less
than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred
dollars, to be recovered by indictment or infor-
nation in manner as is provided in the second
section Of this act.


SEC. 4. Be H further enacted, That ifany per-
son shall commit amy ofthe trespasses mentioned
in this act on the Lords day, or in the night
time, that is to say, between sun setting and sun
rising, he shall be liable to double the penalties
and iorieitufes, the same to be prosecuted for,
and recovered, in manner as before provided
and all prosecutions for breaches of this act,
shall be commended within one year from the
time the offence shall be committed, or the pen
alties or forfeitures shall have accrued, and not
afterwards.


.4pproved By the GOresnor, June l2fh, 1918.
Copy examined by


A. BRADFORD, Sec'ry Of Com.