Section 22-3319 - Placing obstructions on or displacement of railway tracks

Placing obstructions on or displacement of railway tracks

Whoever maliciously places an obstruction on or near the track of any steam or street railway, or displaces or injures anything appertaining to such track, with intent to endanger the passage of any locomotive or car, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years.

CREDIT(S)

(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1327, ch. 854, § 846.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 22-3119.
1973 Ed., § 22-3119.

Current through September 13, 2012