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AN ACT making it unlawful to give, barter or sell tobacco to certain children, or to others for their use or to induce said children to use the same and providing penalties for the violation thereof. [Approved March 9, 1889; in force May 10, 1889; S., 1889, p. 271.

6741. Sale, gift etc. of tobacco to child. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to give, barter or sell, either directly or indirectly, to any child, or children under the age of sixteen years, any tobacco, cigars, or cigarette, to be chewed or smoked by said child or children; or to give, barter or sell the same to any person whomsoever with knowledge that the same is to be chewed or smoked by any child under the age aforesaid; or to persuade, advise, counsel or compel any child under said age to chew or smoke tobacco.

6742. Misdemeanor-Penalty. § 2. Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars.

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AN ACT to amend section twenty-six (26) of an act entitled "An act concerning public offenses and their punishment," approved April 14, 1881, the same being section 1927 of the Revised Statutes of 1881. [Approved and in force March 9, 1891; S., 1891, p. 402.

6743. [1927] Arson. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That section twenty-six (26) of an act entitled An act concerning public offenses and their punishment," the same being section 1927 of the Revised Statutes of 1881, be and the same is hereby amended so [as to read] as follows: Section Whoever wilfully and maliciously burns or attempts to burn any dwelling house or other building. finished or unfinished, occupied or unoccupied, whether the building be used or intended for a dwelling house or any other purpose; or any boat, wharf boat, water craft or vessel, finished or unfinished; any reaping machine, mowing machine, threshing machine, separator, clover huller, wagon,

plow, cultivator, or any agricultural or farming implement; or any bridge, whether wholly within this state or not; or any cord wood in a pile; or any rick, stack, or shock of grain, hay or straw; or any grain not severed from the ground; or any fence of whatever constructed; or the material intended for the construction of any such house, building, boat, bridge, fence, reaping machine, mowing machine, threshing machine, separator, clover huller, wagon, plow, cultivator or any other agricultural or farming implement; or any tan bark, tree, timber or lumber; or any railroad car or a water tank connected with a railroad, the property so burned or attempted to be burned, being of the value of twenty dollars or upwards, and being the property of another, or being insured against loss or damage by fire; and the burning or attempting to burn being with intent to prejudice or defraud the insurer, is guilty of arson, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than twenty-one years, nor less than one year, and fined not exceeding double the value of the property burned, or attempted to be burned, and should the life of any person be lost thereby, such offender shall be deemed guilty of murder in the first degree, and shall suffer death, or be imprisoned in the state's prison for life. 6744. Emergency. § 2. There being an emergency for the immediate taking effect of this act, therefore it shall take effect from and after its passage.

AN ACT concerning bank officers, brokers etc., receiving deposits after insolvency, repealing all laws in conflict herewith. [Approved March 9, 1891; in force June 10, 1891; S., 1891, p. 395. 6745. Insolvent banking - Embezzlement by banker, broker etc. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That if any banker or broker or person or persons doing a banking business, or any officer of any banking company, or incorporated bank doing business in this state, shall fraudulently receive from any person or persons, firm, company or corporation or from any agent thereof, not indebted to said banker, broker, banking company or incorporated bank any money, check, draft, bill of exchange, stocks, bonds, or other valuable thing which is transferable by delivery, when at the time of receiving such deposit, said banker, broker, banking company or incorporated bank is insolvent, whereby the deposit so made shall be lost to the depositor, said banker, broker or officer, so receiving such deposit, shall be deemed guilty [of] embezzlement, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum double the amount of the sum so embezzled and fraudulently taken, and in addition thereto may be imprisoned in the state prison not less than one, nor more than three years.

6746. Evidence Failure, suspension etc. 2. The failure, suspension or involuntary liquidation of banker, broker, banking company or incorporated bank, within thirty days from and after the time of receiving such deposit, shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to defraud on the part of such banker, broker or officer of such banking company or incorporated bank.

6747. Repealing clause. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict. with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

AN ACT to amend section 53 of an act entitled an act concerning public offenses and their punishment approved April 14, 1881, the same being section 1954 of the Revised Statutes of 1881. [Approved March 9, 1891; in force June 10, 1891; S., 1891, p. 399.

6748. [1954] Removing, concealing etc. mortgaged personalty. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,

That section 53 of the above entitled act be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 53. A mortgagor of personal property in possession of the same, who without the written consent of the owner of the claim secured by the mortgage, removes any of the property mortgaged out of the county where it was situated at the time it was mortgaged, or secretes or converts the same or any part thereof to his own use or sells the same or any part thereof to any person without informing him of the existence of such mortgage, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county. jail not exceeding six months.

AN ACT to prevent teaming and hauling over turnpike and gravel roads at certain times and seasons of the year. [Approved March 11, 1889; in force May 10, 1889; S., 1889, p. 378. 6749. Injury to turnpike and gravel roads. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Indiana, That it shall be unlawful for any person to haul over any turnpike or gravel roads at any time when the same is thawing through, or is, by reason of wet weather, in condition to be cut up and injured by heavy hauling, a load on a narrow tired wagon of more than twenty hundred pounds, or on a broad tired wagon, of more than twenty-five hundred pounds, and any person violating the provisions. of this act shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each load so hauled.

AN ACT to regulate the manufacture, sale and use of dynamite within the state of Indiana. and in force March 9, 1889; S., 1889, p. 279.

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6750. Dynamite, unlawful sale or use. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to manufacture, sell or use the substance or material known as and called dynamite, or other nitro explosive compound within the state of Indiana contrary to the provisions of this act.

6751. Unlawful manufacture - Transportation. § 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the manufacture of dynamite, or other nitro explosive compound, within one hundred and sixty rods of any occupied dwelling or public building, and it shall also be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store dynamite or other nitro explosive compound in any quantity exceeding one hundred pounds within the limits of any municipal corporation, or within forty rods of any occupied dwelling or public building without having first obtained, in writing, the consent of all adjacent land owners, or to transport or carry the same in any package not having written or printed upon two sides thereof in plain and distinct letters the words "dynamite, dangerous," or in any railroad car or watercraft without having the package containing the same marked as above; and any one convicted of the violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court or jury trying the cause.

6752. Unlawful sale or gift - Label - Registry. § 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or give away any quantity of the substance known as dynamite, or other nitro explosive compound, to any minor, or to sell or give away the same to any person without marking the word "dynamite" upon the label, wrapper or vessel containing it, and shall also register in a book, to be kept by him for that purpose, the

day and date upon which it is sold or given away, the quantity thereof, the name, age, sex, color, and place of residence of the person obtaining the same, the purpose for which it is required, and the name and place of abode of the person for whom the same is intended; and any person convicted of the violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be fined in any sum not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months or longer than one year.

6753. Unlawful carrying on person-Deposit on premises. § 4.. Whoever carries concealed on or about his person any cartridge, shell or bomb containing dynamite or other nitro explosive compound [f]or any other than legitimate and lawful use, or uses or attempts to use the same in any manner to the injury of persons or property, or shall place or deposit the same upon or about the premises of another, without the consent of such person, shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than two years nor more than fourteen years.

6754. Emergency. § 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

A BILL for an act to prevent the use or explosion of dynamite or other explosive compound, in certain cases, and prescribing penalties for their unlawful use and declaring an emergency. [Approved and in force February 23, 1889; S., 1889, p. 40.

6755. Dynamite - Use unlawful, when. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That it shall be unlawful for any firm, company, contractor or person engaged in the construction of any railway or road bed or grade for a railway, to use or explode any dynamite or other explosive compound, except gunpowder, within twelve hundred feet of any ledge or outcrop of oolitic limestone, or any ledge or outcrop of any stone suitable for building purposes, without securing the permission, in writing, of the owner of the land upon which such ledge or outcrop of stone is situated, for such dynamite or other explosive compound than gunpowder, to be used or exploded within such distance of twelve hundred feet.

6756. Misdemeanor - Penalty. § 2. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten nor more than thirty days.

6756a. Emergency. § 3. An emergency is hereby declared to exist for the immediate taking effect of this act, and it shall therefore take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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6757. Incest.
6758. Emergency.

ARTICLE 5 · AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS.

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6759. Pimp.

AN ACT entitled "An act to amend section 85 of an act entitled 'An act concerning public offenses and their punishment,'" approved April 14, 1881 (incorporated in the Revised Statutes of 1881, as section 1990, and declaring an emergency. [Approved and in force March 7, 1891; S., 1891, p.

347.

6757. [1990] Incest. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That section eighty-five (85) of an act of April 14,

1881 (incorporated in the Revised Statutes of 1881, and there designated section 1990), entitled "An act concerning public offenses and their punishment," shall be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1. If any step-father shall have sexual intercourse with his step-daughter, knowing her to be such; or if any step-mother and her step-son shall have sexual intercourse together, having knowledge of their relationship; or if any parent shall have sexual intercourse with his or her child, knowing him or her to be such; or if any brother shall have sexual intercourse with his sister, he being over the age of sixteen years, and having knowledge of his relationship, he or she shall be deemed guilty of incest, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not less than two nor more than five years, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not less than six nor more than twelve months.

6758. Emergency. § 2. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, therefore the same shall be in force from and after its passage.

AN ACT to amend section 97 of an act entitled "An act concerning public offenses and their punishment," approved April 14, 1881, the same being section 2002 of the Revised Statutes of 1881. [Approved March 9, 1889; in force May 10, 1889: S., 1889, p. 337.

6759. [2002] Pimp. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That section ninety-seven of said act, being section two thousand and two of the Revised Statutes of 1881, be and the same is hereby amended, to read as follows: Section 97. Whoever, being a male person, frequents or visits a house or houses of ill fame or of assignation; or associates with females known or reputed as prostitutes; or frequents or visits a gambling house or houses; or is engaged in or about a house of prostitution, shall be fined in any sum not more than one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars to which may be added imprisonment, in the county jail, not more than sixty days nor less than ten days.

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AN ACT to prevent the adulteration of vinegar; prohibiting the manufacture and sale of adulterated vinegar; prescribing a test for pure vinegar and how it shall be branded, prohibiting the branding of vinegar as fruit vinegar" unless made wholly from apples, grapes or other fruit; prescribing penalties for the violations of the provisions of this act. [Approved March 5, 1889; in force May 10, 1889; S., 1889, p. 123.

6760. Adulterated vinegar - Manufacture, sale or offer of. SEC. 1. That every person who manufactures for sale or offers or exposes for sale as cider vinegar any vinegar not the legitimate product of pure apple juice, known as apple cider or vinegar, not made exclusively of said apple cider or vinegar, into which any foreign substances, ingredients, drugs or acids have been introduced, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each such offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than twentyfive nor more than one hundred dollars.

6761. Use of chemicals etc. in manufacture. § 2. Every person who manufactures for sale, sells, or offers or exposes for sale, any vinegar found to contain any preparation of lead, copper, sulphuric acid, or other ingredients injurious to health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for

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