and nothing in this act shall prevent persons from catching fish with a hook and line, unless the same is done for the purpose of shipping out of this State. Approved June 3, 1887. CHAPTER 3760-[No. 80.] AN ACT to Protect Females of Immature Age and Judgment from Licentiousness. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: [SECTION 1.] That whosoever shall have carnal intercourse with any unmarried female who is under the age of seventeen years, or whosoever shall procure for prostitution, or cause to be prostituted, any such female, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by imprisonment in the State penitentiary two years. Approved June 3, 1887. CHAPTER 3761-[No. 81.] AN ACT to Panish Anyone who Sells, Pledges or Mortgages Property subject to a Statutory Lien with the Intent to Defraud the Lien Holder; also to Punish Anyone who Buys or Receives such Property with like Intent. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. Whoever shall sell, pledge or mortgage any personal property to him belonging, or which shall be in his possession, which is subject to a statutory lien, whether such lien shall be in writing or not, provided the same shall be according to the statute under which it is claimed, without notice to the person holding such statutory lien and his written consent, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year. 1887 Penalty for carwith or prostitution of cer nal intercourse tain females. Selling property tory lien, how punished. ubject to statu such property, SEC. 2. Whoever shall knowingly or willfully, and without the written consent of the person or firm or company having a Buying, taking lien thereon, buy, take or receive any property subject to such or receiving statutory lien from the owner or person in possession thereof, how punished. with the intent to deprive such lien holder of his rights in said property or his lien thereon, and whoever shall willfully or wrongfully obstruct, delay or hinder such lien holder in securing his rights in such property or prosecuting his claims against the same, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine. not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. Approved June 7, 1887. 1887 Williul or mal cious penning or driving cattle or other animals, how punished. CHAPTER 3762-[No. 82.] AN ACT to Punish those who are Convicted of Willfully or Maliciously Driving or Penning Cattle or other Domestic Animals on the Range of the State of Florida without the Consent of the Owner thereof. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. Whoever, without the consent of the owner given in writing, shall interfere with cattle or other domestic animals on the ranges of the State of Florida, either for the purpose of annoying or injuring the owner or person in charge of the same, or to obtain some personal benefit for himself or others than the owner thereof, by willfully or maliciously driving from one place to another or penning such cattle or other domestic animals, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months. Approved June 7, 1887. Rewards for killing beasts of prey. CHAPTER 3763-[No. 83.] AN ACT to Reward Persons who shall Kill or Destroy certain Beasts of Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida : SECTION 1. That a reward is hereby directed to be paid to any and all persons who shall kill such beasts of prey as are hereinafter mentioned, the amount to be paid from the County Treasury upon the warrant of the County Commissioners. SEC. 2. That for every wolf, bear and panther there shall be Amount to be paid the sum of five dollars, and for every wildcat the sum of three dollars. paid. Manner of securing the reward. Penalties for violations of this act. SEC. 3. That the person or persons who shall kill any of the beasts of prey designated herein, shall exhibit the scalp or scalps of the same to the County Judge of the county in which the animal was killed within ten days after the killing, and upon the certificate of said Judge that the scalp has been exhibited in his presence, and within the time specified, the County Commissioners shall issue their warrant upon the County Treasurer, as directed in section 1 of this act. SEC. 4. If any person or persons shall willfully violate the preceding sections by demanding rewards for scalps of wolves, bears, panthers or wildcats not destroyed within the county where the same may be claimed, or bring into the county any of said animals, caught beyond the limits of the county, for the purpose of claiming the reward, he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace for said county, one-half to the use of the informer, the other half to be applied as the Constitution directs. 1887 SEC. 5. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the pro- Repeal. visions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved June 7, 1887. CHAPTER 3764-[No. 84.] AN ACT to Suppress Gambling Houses and Gambling. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. If any person, by himself or herself, servant, clerk, agent, or in any other manner shall have, keep, exercise or maintain a gaming table or room, or gaming implements or apparatus, or house, booth, tent, shelter or other place for the purpose of gaming or gambling, or in any place of which he or she may, directly or indirectly, have charge, control or management, either exclusively or with others, shall procure, suffer or permit any person or persons to play for money or other valuable thing or things, at any game whatsoever, whether heretofore prohibited or not, or if any person or persons shall play, or engage in any game at cards, keno, roulette, faro or other game of chance, at any place, by any device whatever, for money or other thing of value, he, she or they, so offending, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or be imprisoned in the State prison not more than three years, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 2. That any person, acting as servant, clerk, agent or employee of any person or persons in the violation of section Agents, clerks, one of this act, shall, upon conviction, be punished in the same servants, &c., manner as provided in section one of this act for the punishment same manner. of the keeper of a gaming house. SEC. 3. That any person, whether the owner or agent, who knowingly rents to another a house, room, booth, tent, shel ter or other place for the purpose of gaming, shall, upon conviction, be punished to the extent provided in section one of thisact. SEC. 4. That if any of the implements, devices or apparatus unished in owners or agents of prop erty, when liable to same punishment. 1887 commonly used in games of chance, usually played in gam bling houses or by gamblers, are found in any house, room, booth, shelter or other place, it shall be prima facie evidence ered prima facie that the said house, room or place where the same are found is kept for the purpose of gambling. What consid evidence. Officers may destroy implements, &c., SEO. 5. That it shall be the duty of any Sheriff, or his deputy, or of any police officer, when any of the implements, devices or apparatus commonly used for gambling purposes used for gaming are found in any house, room, booth or other place used for the purpose of gaming, to seize the same and have them pub. licly destroyed in the street in the presence of witnesses. Powers of Sher iffs and Police officers as to entering build ings. Persons con SEC. 6. That if any Sheriff, City Marshal or Chief of Police shall have good reason to believe that gambling is being car ried on in any house or other place mentioned in section one of this act, he may enter the same, forcibly if necessary, and without written warrant, and may arrest any person or persons violating this act. SEO. 7. That any person convicted of gambling, or playing victed of gam- games of chance for money or other valuable thing, shall be punished to the extent provided in section one of this act. Approved June 7, 1887. bling, how punished. Pollution of certain waters forbidden. CHAPTER 3765-[No. 85.] AN ACT for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Waters of certain Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. No person or persons, or corporation, public or private, shall place or discharge, or cause to be placed or discharged, human excrement, or any sewage, drainage, refuse, or polluting matter, of such quality or amount as, either by itself or in connection with other such matter, shall corrupt or impair the qualtity of the water for domestic use, or render it deleterious to health, in or into any of the following named ponds or lakes, or in or into any feeder of any one of them, or in or into any connection between any two of them, viz: Lower Lake Louise and Cow Pond, situate in Volusia county, Location of the in town. thirteen, south, of range twenty-eight, east; Upper Lake Louise, situate partly in Putnam county and partly in Volusia county, in the town. and range aforesaid; Silver Pond, situate in Putnam county, in town. and range aforesaid; and Lake Baker, situate in town. fourteen, south, of range twenty-eight, east; Lake Elizabeth, situate in town. thirteen, south, of range twenty-seven, east, and Lake Genevieve, situate waters to be protected. in town. fourteen, south, of range twenty-nine, east, all in Volusia county. 1887 SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not Penalty for vio exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county lation of this jail not exceeding one month, or both, at the discretion of the court. Approved May 30, 1887. CHAPTER 3766-[No. 86.] AN ACT Locating the Boundary Line between Lafayette and Taylor Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: act. boundary. SECTION 1. That the following shall be the line dividing Lafayette and Taylor counties: Commencing at the mouth of Lafayette and Steenhatchee river where it empties into the Gulf, and from Taylor counties thence east, following the middle of said river, to the mouth of Otter creek where it empties into the Steenhatchee river; from thence in a northerly direction, following the middle of said Otter creek, to the range line dividing ranges nine and ten; thence following said range line to the line of Madison county. SEC. 2. All laws in conflict with this act be and the same Repeal. are hereby repealed. Approved May 28, 1887. CHAPTER 3767-[No. 87.] AN ACT to Change that Part of the Boundary Line between the Counties of Marion and Putnam which extends from the Ocklawaha River to Lake George. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: nam counties SECTION 1. That that part of the present boundary line between Marion and Putnam counties which extends from the Marion and Put Ocklawaha river to Lake George, be changed as follows, to- boundary. wit: Commencing at a point on the south side of the Ocklawaha river at low water mark, where the range line dividing ranges twenty-four and twenty-five, east, in township eleven, south, crosses said river, and thence running south along said range line to where it intersects the township line dividing townships eleven and twelve, south; thence east along said township line to where it intersects the section line dividing sections two and three, in township twelve south of range twenty |