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§§ 6929-6934
PENAL CODE.
Miscellaneous Crimes.

injure logs so taken or removed, knowing them to have been so taken or removed, shall be punished as prescribed in the preceding section.

Concealing estrays or lost goods.
s. 738, Pen. C.

§ 6929. Any person who shall attempt to conceal any estray, or any lost goods, found or taken up by him, or shall efface any marks or brands thereon, or carry the same beyond the limits of the territory, or knowingly permit the same to be done, or shall wilfully fail to cause the same to be advertised, sold or otherwise dealt with as provided by the statute on estray and lost goods, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars, one-half to be paid to the informer and the other half into the county treasury.

Destroying or injuring domestic animals.
s. 2 c. 62, 1881.

§ 6930. If any person or persons shall wilfully and maliciously kill or destroy any neat cattle, horse, mule, ass or sheep of any age or value, the property of another or others, or shall wilfully or maliciously injure any such animal or animals, the property of another or others, he or they shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison not exceeding five years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Hours of labor for woman and child.
s. 739, Pen. C.

§ 6931. Every owner, stockholder, overseer, employer, clerk or foreman, of any manufactory, workshop or other place used for mechanical or manufacturing purposes, who, having control, shall compel any woman or any child under eighteen years of age, or permit any child under fourteen years of age, to labor in any day exceeding ten hours, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred and not less than ten dollars.

Harboring Indians.
s. 740, Pen. C.

§ 6932. Every person who shall harbor or keep on or about his premises or place of abode, within any organized county in this territory, any Indian or Indians, who have not adopted the manners and habits of civilized life, or who induces or encourages any such Indian or Indians to camp, remain or hunt for any time or for any purpose within any village or settlement of white people, or in the vicinity of such village or settlement within any organized county in this territory, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by fine not less than twenty-five dollars for each Indian so kept, harbored or induced to remain, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid; provided, the aggregate of such fine, upon each conviction, shall not exceed one hundred dollars.

Removing or destroying mortgaged chattels.
s. 579, Pen. C.

§ 6933. Every mortgagor of personal property, or his legal representatives, who, while his mortgage thereof remains in force and unsatisfied, wilfully destroys, removes, conceals, sells or in any manner disposes of or materially injures the property or any part thereof, covered by such mortgage, without the written consent of the then holder of such mortgage, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison for a period not exceeding three years, or in the county jail not exceeding one year, and by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Injurious acts not expressly forbidden.
s. 742, Pen. C.

§ 6934. Every person who wilfully and wrongfully commits any act which grossly injures the person or property of another, or which grossly disturbs the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public decency, and is injurious to public morals, although no punishment is expressly prescribed therefor by this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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