§ 11-36-1. Hindering passage of trains — Placing explosives near highways, buildings, or tracks.
Every person who shall willfully place upon any railroad track any substance or thing with intent to hinder or impede the passage of any locomotive engine or car over the railroad, or shall willfully do any other act, matter, or thing, with intent to hinder, impede, or interrupt the passage of the locomotive engine or car, or whoever willfully throws into, against, or upon, or puts, places, or explodes, or causes to be exploded, in, upon or near a public highway, building, monument, bridge, railroad track, or car on it, or vessel, any gunpowder or other explosive substance, or a bombshell, torpedo, or any instrument or package filled or loaded with an explosive substance, with intent unlawfully to destroy or injure the highway, building, monument, bridge, railroad track, car, or vessel, or any person or property, in, on or near the highway, building, monument, highway, bridge, railroad track, car, or vessel, shall be imprisoned not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years, or be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 30; P.L. 1909, ch. 429, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-1; P.L. 1987, ch. 76, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 11-36 - Railroads and Carriers
Section 11-36-2. - Unauthorized stopping of train.
Section 11-36-3. - Throwing missiles at train.
Section 11-36-4. - Injuring railroad signals or signal lines.
Section 11-36-5. - Loitering on railroad or bus line property.
Section 11-36-6. - Trespassing on railroad right-of-way.
Section 11-36-7. - Posting of statute.
Section 11-36-8. - Removal of waste or packing from journal boxes.
Section 11-36-9. - Obstruction of street railway company.
Section 11-36-10. - Evasion of payment of fare.
Section 11-36-11. - Unauthorized presence on locomotive or freight train.
Section 11-36-12. - Profiteering on tickets.
Section 11-36-13. - Tampering with railroad switches.
Section 11-36-14. - “Railroad corporation” and “company” defined.