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Of offences against public morals and decency, or the public police, and other miscellaneous offences. 1854-1855 622 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0136 and id is 1 raw text is: 622 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. CHAr. 50. New section. in discharging the duties of a pilot or engineer on any steam- boat, or of a conductor or engineer on railroad cars, shall be intoxicated to such degree as to endanger the safety of such steamboat or cars, or of any person or passenger therein, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary, not exceeding three years, or in the county jail, not exceeding one year, or by fine, not exceeding one thou- Sand dollars. ARTICLE VIII. OF OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY, OR THE PUBLIC POLICE, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES. 1. Bigamy defined; how punished. 2. Cases excepted. 8. Second marriage without the State, but cohabitation with- in, adj udged bigamy. 4. Where indictment may be found ad trial had. 5. Punishment of the party not before married. 6. Incest, how punished. 7. Crime against nature, how pun- ished. 8. Open and notorious adultery, public indecency, &c., how puniled. 9. Fornication by guardian with his ward under eiglhteen, &c., how punished. 10. Penalty on ministers, &c., so- lemnizing marriages in cer- tail cases. 11. Removing dead bodies from graves, how punished. 12. Receiving bodies so removed. 13. Opening graves, with intent to remove, &c., punishment. 14. Exception to three preceding sections. 15. Persons injuring tombstones, &e., how punished. 10. Setting up or keeping certain gaming-tables or devices, puinishment. 17. Detting on such gaming-table or other devices, punish- ment. 18. Suffering devices mentioned in tixteenth section tu be set up in any house. 19. Keeping a common gaming- house or bawdy-house, pe- nalty. 20. Leasing houses for the pur- poses set forth in the tour preceding sections, penalty. 21. Who is deemed the keeper of gaming-tables, houses and brothels. 22. Lease of such houses declared forfeited. 23. Participators in such gaines compelled to testily, but not against themselves. 24. Duties of judge or justice, hay- ing knowledge of gaming- table within his county. 25. Shall issue a warrant to appre- hend the keeper, when. 26. Power of the officer charged with the evecution of such warrant. 27. Goming-table to be destroyed, how. 28. Penalties on persons engaged in selling lottery tickets, &e. 29. Wagering on elections prohi- bited. 80. Disturbance of public worship. 81. Keeping liquors or wines with- in a mile of camp-meeting, how punished. 82. The same offence punished by stripes, where the offender is a negro or mulatto. 83. Laboring, or compelling others to labor, on Sunday, a iisde- meaner. 84. Except where some other day is observed as a Sabbath. 85. Horse-racing, cock-ightig, card-playing, on Sunday, a misLdenmeanor. 80. Selling goods, keeping epen tippling-houses, on Sunday, punit himent for. 87. Selling drugs, medicines, &o., excepted. 88. Penalty on person refusing to give true list of taxable pro- pcrty, &c.

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