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Destroying any part of said bridge, &c. deemed felony.
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XXIII. And for the preventing wilful or malicious damaging or destroying the said bridge so to be built, or any part thereof, or hindering or interrupting the building of the same: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall wilfully or maliciously, and without authority from the said commissioners or the successors of them, or any five or more of them, pull down or destroy the said bridge or any part thereof, or remove or take away any works thereto belonging, or direct or procure the same to be done, whereby the said bridge or the works thereof may be damaged, or the lives of the passengers be endangered, such offender or offenders being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer as a felon.
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