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PENAL CODE.
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Sec. 489. Such person may be indicted and tried in any county within this territory.

Sec. 490. It is the duty of all sheriffs, constables, policemen, and watchmen, who have reasonable grounds to believe that any offense specified in section 485 is about to be committed within their jurisdiction, to make complaint under the provisions of this act to some magistrate within their jurisdiction.

Sec. 491. Every sheriff, constable, policeman or watchman, who willfully neglects the duty prescribed by the last section, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, he forfeits his office.

Sec. 492. Every person guilty of using, or procuring, encouraging or assisting another to use, any force or violence in entering upon or detaining any lands or other possessions of another, except in the cases and manner allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 493. Every person who has been removed from any lands by process of law, or who has removed from any lands pursuant to the lawful adjudication or direction of any court, tribunal or officer, and who afterwards, without authority of law, returns to settle or reside upon such lands, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 494. Every person who intrudes or squats upon any lot or piece of land within the bounds of any incorporated city or village, without license or authority from the owner thereof, or who erects or occupies thereon any hut, hovel, shanty or other structure whatever without such license or authority; and every person who places, erects, or occupies within the bounds of any street or avenue of such city or village, any hut, hovel, shanty, or other structure whatever, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 495. Every person who willfully discharges any species of fire-arms, air-gun or other weapon, or throws any other missile in any public place, or in any place where there is any person to be endangered thereby, although no injury to any person shall ensue, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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