Amending sec. 5671, Consol. Stats., 1891; sec. son or persons to injure, disturb or destroy any hatching box, hatching house, or pond used for hatching or propagating fish, or to injure, or destroy, or disturb any spawn, or fry, or fish in any hatching box, hatching house, or pond, or stream; Provided, that the fish commissioner of this state may take or cause to be taken any of the fish named in this section for the purpose of propagation, or stocking the waters of this state. Every person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine of not more than ten ($10) dollars for each fish taken, or held in possession, or other offense under this section, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than ten (10) days in the discretion of the court. SECTION 5. That section 5671, of Chapter 11, of 876, criminal the Criminal Code of Nebraska, as the same appears in Cobbey's Consolidated Statutes of 1891, be amended to read as follows: code. Catching certain fish, e c. Section 5671. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to catch, injure or kill, or destroy, any California salmon, land-locked salmon, trout, shad, white fish, or carp which shall have been placed in any waters of this state by the fish Commissioner, or by private persons. Every person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars for each fish so taken, injured, killed, or destroyed, or had in possession, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten (10) days, in the discretion of the court. The having in possession of any fish named in this section shall be presumptive evidence that the same were taken in violation of law. Amending sec. Stats., 1891; sec. SECTION 6. That Section 5696, of Chapter 14, 5696, Consol of the Criminal Code of Nebraska, as the same ap- 112 criminal pears in Cobbey's Consolidated Statutes of 1891, be amended to read as follows: code. Taking or in Section 5696. If any person shall unlawfully and juring boat, etc. maliciously or wantonly lose, take, sink, injure or deface, or in any other manner render the same unfit for use by the owner, any boat or other craft used or kept by any person or persons within the state of Nebraska, to be used on any river, or other water course or on any lake or pond within this state, such person shall be fined in any sum not less than five ($5.) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100.) dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding forty days, at the discretion of the court, and shall, moreover, be liable to the party injured in double the amount of the damages. SECTION 7. That Section 5697, of Chapter 14, of the Criminal Code of Nebraska, as the same appears in Cobbey's Consolidated Statutes of 1891, be amended to read as follows: Amending sec. 5697, Consol. Stats.. 1891; sec. 113, criminal code. papers in Section 5697. If any person shall intentionally Defacing newsdeface, obliterate, tear or destroy in whole or in libraries, etc. part, any newspaper, magazine, or periodical on file in any reading room belonging to the state, or any library or other association in the state, or shall cut therefrom any article or advertisement, such person shall, upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred ($100.) dollars, nor less than ten ($10 dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exces ling thirty days, at the discretion of the court, Amending sec. 5724, Consol. Stats., 1891; sec. code. SECTION 8. That section 5724, of Chapter 16, 136, criminal of the Criminal Code of Nebraska as the same appears in Cobbey's Consolidated Statutes of 1891, be amended to read as follows: False weights and measures. Amending sec. 5762, Consol. Section 5724. Any person or persons who shall knowingly and wilfully sell, or direct, or permit any person or persons in his or their employ to sell any commodity or article of merchandise, and make or give any false or short weight or measure, or any person or persons owning or keeping, or having charge of any scales or steelyards for the purpose of weighing live stock, hay, grain, coal or other articles, who shall knowingly and wilfully report any false or untrue weight whereby any other person or persons may be defrauded or injured; such person or persons shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty ($50) dollars, or be imprisoned in the jail of the county not exceeding thirty (30) days, at the discretion of the court, and also be answerable to the party defrauded or injured in double damages. SECTION 9. That section 5762, of Chapter 18, Stats., 1891; sec. of the Criminal Code of Nebraska, as the same appears in Cobbey's Consolidated Statutes of 1891, be amended to read as follows: code. Neglect of officer to serve warrant. Section 5762. If any constable or other officer shall be guilty, as specified in the preceding section, of neglect or delay in serving any warrant, when the offence charged, for which such warrant may issue, be an offence not punishable by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary, such constable or other officer shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, or impris oned not exceeding ten (10) days, at the discretion of the court. clause. SECTION 10. That Section 5660, and 5663, of Repealing Chapter 10, Section 5666, 5670, and 5671, of Chapter 11, Section 5696, and 5697, of Chapter 14, Section 5724, of Chapter 16, and Section 5762, of Chapter 18, of the Criminal Code of Nebraska, as the same appears in Cobbey's Consolidated Statutes of 1891, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 27, 1893. [Senate File No. 52.] CHAPTER 48. AN ACT to amend Section 5822, of the Compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska, of 1891, being a part of Chapter 21, entitled "Gaming, Betting and Lotteries," and for the repeal of said orig. inal section. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of 5822, Consol. sec. SECTION 1. That Section 5822, of the Compiled Amending se Statutes of the State of Nebraska, of 1891, being 226, criminal a part of Chapter 21, entitled "Gaming, Betting and Lotteries," be amended to read as follows: code. lottery. "Section 5822. That if any person shall, by Advertising printing, writing or in any other way, publish an account of any lottery or scheme of chance of any kind or description, to be carried on, held, or drawn, either out of or within the State of Nebraska, by whatever name, style or title the same may be denominated or known, stating when or where the same is to be drawn, or the prizes therein or any of them, or any information in relation to said Repealing clause. Emergency. prizes or any of them, or the price of a ticket, show SECTION 2. That Section 5822, of the Com- SECTION 3. That whereas an emergency exists, therefore this bill shall take effect, and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 20th, 1893. [House Roll No. 30.] CHAPTER 49. Prohibiting combinations to fix prices or by coal or lumber dealers. AN ACT to prohibit lumber dealers, coal dealers, or other persons, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any pool business lumber dealer, or lumber dealers, coal dealer or coal dealers, partnership, company, corporation or association of lumber dealers, coal dealers, or any other person or persons, partnership, company, corporation or association, to enter into any agreement, contract or combination with any other lum R |