prosecute all persons whom they have credible reason to believe are offenders against the provisions of this chapter, and any omission so to do is punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Duty of masters of vessels.s. 400, Pen. C.
§ 6601. If any commander, owner or lessee of any vessel or float, knowingly permits any gambling for money or property on board such vessel or float, and does not upon his knowledge of the fact, immediately prevent the same, he is punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto is liable to any party losing any money or property by means of any gambling permitted in violation of this section, in a sum equal to the money or property, to be recovered in a civil action.
Racing animals for wager.s. 401, Pen. C.
§ 6602. All racing or trial of speed between horses or animals for any bet, stake or reward, except such as is allowed by special laws, is a common nuisance, and every person acting or aiding therein, or making or being interested in any such bet, stake or reward, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and in addition to the penalty prescribed therefor, he forfeits all title or interest in any animal used with his privity in such race or trial of speed, and in any sum of money or other property betted or staked upon the result thereof.
CHAPTER 37.
PAWNBROKERS.
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Section. 6603. Pawnbroking without license. 6604. Refusing to exhibit stolen goods.
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Section. 6605. Selling pledge before default. |
s. 402, Pen. C.
§ 6603. Every person who carries on the business of a pawnbroker, by receiving goods in pledge for loans at any rate of interest above that allowed by law, except by authority of a license from a municipal corporation empowered to grant licenses to pawnbrokers, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Refusing to exhibit stolen goods.s. 403, Pen. C.
§ 6604. Every pawnbroker or person carrying on the business of a pawnbroker, and every junk dealer, who having received any goods which have been embezzled or stolen, refuses or omits to exhibit them, upon demand, during the usual business hours, to the owner of said goods or his agent authorized to demand an inspection thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Selling pledge before defendant.s. 404, Pen. C.
§ 6605. Every pawnbroker who sells any article received by him in pledge, before the time to redeem the same has expired, and every pawnbroker who wilfully refuses to disclose the name of the purchaser and the price received by him for any article received by him in pledge, and subsequently sold, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
CHAPTER 36.
OF OTHER INJURIES TO PERSONS.
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Section. 6606. Intoxicated physicians. 6607. Wilfully poisoning food. 6608. Overloading passenger vessel. 6609. Mismanagement of steamboats. 6610. Mismanagement of steam boilers. 6611. Fictitious copartnership. 6612. Counterfeiting trade marks. 6613. Keeping dies of trade marks. 6614. Selling goods bearing counterfeit trade mark. 6615. Imitations-Partial. 6616. Trade mark defined. 6617. Goods defined. 6618. Affixed defined.
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Section. 6619. Refilling and selling bottles. 6620. Keeping bottles with intent to refill. 6621. Same-Complaint search and penalty. 6622. Giving false pedigree of animals. 6623. Defacing marks. 6624. Defacing marks on logs. 6625. Unlawful detention of wrecked property. 6626. Fraud in partnership. 6627. Solemnizing unlawful marriages. 6628. Unlawful confinement of lunatics. 6629. Reconfining persons. 6630. Concealing persons. 6631. Assisting in concealment. |
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