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-491§ 2321. Throwing injurious substances on highways Whoever throws or deposits any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, hoops, wire, cans or any other substance likely to injure a person, animal or vehicle, upon a highway, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 2322. Removal of, or injuries to, highway guideposts Whoever removes, destroys, injures, breaks, or defaces a mile board, post or stone, or guidepost, or any inscription thereon, erected upon or near a highway, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 2323. Removal of, or injury to, bridge, viaduct, culvert, pier or dock Whoever maliciously digs up, removes, displaces, or otherwise injures, destroys or obstructs a bridge, viaduct, culvert, pier, or dock shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both. § 2324. Charging toll without lawful authority Whoever, without authority of law: (1) demands or receives compensation for the use of a bridge or ferry; or (2) sets up or keeps a road, bridge or ferrj^ or constructed ford for the purpose of receiving any remuneration for the use thereof— shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 2325. Failure to keep and attend ferry Whoever, having entered into an undertaking to keep and attend a ferry, violates me conditions of the undertaking, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. CHAPTER 115—ROBBERY See. 2361. Definition of, and punishment for, robbery. 2362. Fear as element In robbery. § 2361. Definition of, and punishment for, robbery Whoever, by means of force or fear, feloniously takes personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence and against his will, is guilty of robbery, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 20 years. § 2362. Fear as element in robbery The fear referred to in section 2361 of this title may be the fear of an: (1) unlawful injury to the person or property of the person robbed or of a relative of his, or member of his family; or (2) immediate and unlawful injury to the person or property of anyone in the company of th© person robbed at the time of the robbery. CHAPTER 117—SEDUCTION See. 2391. Seduction under promise of marriage. 2392. Intermarriage as bar to prosecution. § 2391. Seduction under promise of marriage Whoever, under promise of marriage, seduces and has sexual intercourse with an unmarried female of previous good reputation for chastity, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.