an original creditor in liquidation of any just debt for board or clothing which he may have contracted prior to engagement.

Any person who shall falsely claim to be such relative as above described of a seaman under this section or shall make a false statement of the nature or amount of debt claimed to be due from any seaman under this section shall for every such offense be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.

This section shall apply to foreign vessels as to vessels of the United States, provided the treaties in force between the United States and foreign nations do not conflict.

Licenses of masters of sail vessels, etc. (chap. 29, p. 764, approved December 21, 1898).—An act concerning sail vessels of over 400 tons, and for other purposes. Amends section 4438 of the Revised Statutes. Unlawful to employ any person as master, chief mate, engineer, or pilot of any steamer, or as master, or as chief mate of any sail vessel of over 700 tons, who is not licensed by the inspectors. Violation subjects to a penalty of $100 for each offense.

Inspection of flour, District of Columbia (chap. 30, p. 765, approved December 21, 1898).-An act regulating the inspection of flour in the District of Columbia. Provides for the appointment of two inspectors. Prescribes the dimension of barrels.

SEC. 4. If there is any false packing or mixture, the manufacturers or persons offering the same for sale or inspection shall forfeit and pay to the District of Columbia a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $5 for each and every such barrel and half barrel or sack, to be recovered as other fines and penalties are recovered.

SEC. 5. Every miller or bolter of flour shall put into barrels the quantity of 196 pounds, and into half barrels the quantity of 98 pounds; and if any miller or bolter of flour shall pack any barrel or half barrel with a less quantity of flour than by this act is required, he shall forfeit, if the deficiency be 1 pound, a sum not exceeding 10 cents, and for every pound above 1 deficient, 25 cents; and said inspectors are hereby required, whenever they, or either of them, have reason to suspect that any barrel or half barrel containing flour is falsely tared, to cause the flour to be started and the barrel or half barrel weighed; and whenever it shall appear that the barrel and half barrel weigh more than they are marked by the miller or owner, the said miller or owner shall forfeit and pay to the said District for each such offense at the rate of 10 cents for every pound after the first that the barrel or half barrel may weigh short, and shall moreover pay 25 cents for each and every barrel or half barrel, unless on examination the tare should prove correct, then in that case the cost and charges shall be paid by the inspector.

SEC. 6. Relates to inspection by boring, branding, and grading. No barrel or half barrel not examined and branded by the inspector shall he sold within the District under fine of $1 for each and every barrel.

SEC. 7. Provides for the appointment of three good and competent judges of flour, whose duty it shall be monthly to select the standard for each grade of flour named in this act and each commissioner shall keep a standard for each grade for the examination of inspectors and for their government in inspection.

SEC. 8. Provides for an appeal from the inspectors to the commissioners of inspection. SEC. 9. No inspector shall purchase, directly or indirectly, any flour other than for his own use, under a penalty of $10 for each barrel or half barrel purchased. SEC. 11. The penalty for fraudulently marking or packing after inspection, $1 for each offense.

Embezzlement by consular officers (chap. 36, p. 770, approved December 21, 1898). An act to amend sections 1697, 1698, and 1734 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to consul and vice-consul generals, consuls and vice-consuls, and commercial agents.

SEC. 3. Section 1734 of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is, amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 1734. Every consular officer who willfully neglects to render true and just quarterly accounts and returns of the business of his office, and of moneys received by him for the use of the United States, or who neglects to pay over any balance of said moneys due to the United States at the expiration of any quarter, before the expiration of the next succeeding quarter, or who shall receive money, property, or effects belonging to a citizen of the United States and shall not within a reasonable time after demand made upon him by the Secretary of State or by such citizen, his executor, administrator, or legal representative, account for and pay over all moneys,

property, and effects, less his lawful fees, due to such citizen, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years, and by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars."

National Military Park at Vicksburg (chap. 176, p. 841, approved February 21, 1899). Provides for the establishment of a national military park to commemorate the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg.

SEC. 7. Makes it unlawful to injure property in said park: Penalty, fine $5 to $500. One-half for the use of the park, and the other half to the informant.

Sale of liquors on Sunday, District of Columbia (chap. 418, p. 1013, approved March 3, 1899).—An act to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday in the District of Columbia.

Makes it unlawful to sell or deliver any beer or other intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday: Penalty, fine $50 to $500.

The Twelfth Census (chap. 419, p. 1014, approved March 3, 1899).-Establishes a census office and makes regulations for the taking of the Twelfth Census. SEC. 20. If any person shall receive or secure to himself any fee, reward, or compensation as a consideration for the appointment or employment of any person as enumerator or clerk or other employee, or shall in any way receive or secure to himself any part of the compensation provided in this act for the services of any enumerator or clerk or other employee, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convictlon thereof shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 21. Any supervisor, supervisor's clerk, enumerator, interpreter, special agent or other employee, who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office required by this act, shall, without justifiable cause, neglect or refuse to perform the duties enjoined on him by this act, or shall, without the authority of the Director of the Census, communicate to any person not authorized to receive the same any information gained by him in the performance of his duties, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding $500; or if he shall willfully and knowingly swear or affirm falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned not exceeding three years and be fined not exceeding $800; or if he shall willfully and knowingly make a false certificate or a fictitious return, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of either of the last-named offenses he shall be fined not exceeding $5,000 and be imprisoned not exceeding two years.

SEC. 22. Each and every person more than 20 years of age belonging to any family residing in any enumeration district or subdivision, and in case of the absence of the heads and other members of any such family, then any representative of such family, shall be, and each of them hereby is, required, if thereto requested by the Director, supervisor, or enumerator, to render a true account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family in the various particulars required, and whoever shall willfully fail or refuse to render such true account shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $100. And every president, treasurer, secretary, director, agent, or other officer of every corporation, and every establishment of productive industry, whether conducted as a corporate body, limited liability company, or by private individuals, from which answers to any of the schedules, inquiries, or statistical interrogatories provided for by this act are herein required, who shall, if thereto requested by the Director, supervisor, enumerator, or special agent, willfully neglect or refuse to give true and complete answers to any inquiries authorized by this act, or shall willfully give false information, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $10,000, to which may be added imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.

SEC. 23. All fines and penalties imposed by this act may be enforced by indictment or information in any court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 27. Makes it a misdemeanor to use the frank of the Census Office for private letters or packages; Pena ty, fine $300.

Rivers and harbors (chap. 425, p. 1121, approved March 3, 1899).-An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

SEC. 9. Makes it unlawful to construct or commence the construction of any bridge, dam, dike, or causeway from any port or harbor through navigable water of the United States until the consent of Congress shall have been obtained.

SEC. 10. Obstruction to navigation not authorized is forbidden.

SEC. 11. Provides for the establishment of harbor lines by the Secretary of War. SEC. 12. Violation of sections 9, 10 and 11 a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine from $500 to $2,500, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both in the descretion

of the court.

SEC. 13. Forbids the deposit of refuse in navigable waters.

SEC. 14. Forbids the use of sea walls, levees, dikes, wharves, and so forth, belonging to the United States, except the Secretary of War may permit temporary use. SEC. 15. Unlawful to tie up or anchor vessels in navigable channels in such manner as to prevent or obstruct the passage of other vessel or craft. Owners of sunken vessels must mark them with a beacon.

SEC. 16. Violation of the provision of sections 13, 14, and 15 a misdemeanor: Penaltiy, fine from $500 to $2,500, or imprisonment thirty days to one year, or by both. SEC. 18. In case of obstruction to navigation by the erection of bridges of insufficient height, width of span, etc., the Secretary of War shall give notice to the persons or corporations owning or controlling the bridge to alter the same, and shall prescribe a reasonable time in which to make such alterations. If at the end of the time such persons or corporations shall refuse to comply with the lawful order of the Secretary of War he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not exceeding $5,000, and every month such persons or corporations shall remain in default in respect to the removal or alteration of such bridge shall be deemed a new offense subject to the penalties above.

The preservation of game and protection of birds in District of Columbia (chap. 417, p. 1013, approved March 3, 1899).—SEC. 1. Prescribes the close season for the protection of game and various birds: Penalty, fine five dollars for each violation, and in the default thereof imprisonment in the workhouse not exceeding thirty days.

SEC. 2. Makes it unlawful to have deer meat or expose it for sale between January 1 and September 1: Penalty, fine $10, and, in default of payment, imprisonment in workhouse not exceeding sixty days.

SEC. 3. Protects various insectiverous birds: Penalty, fine $5 for each bird captured, and, in default of payment, imprisonment in the workhouse not exceeding thirty days.

SEC. 4. Forbids shooting wild ducks and certain other birds at night: Penalty, fine $5 for each bird so killed, and, in default of payment, thirty days in workhouse; also, $20 fine for having any arm or device other than a gun habitually used at arm's length. In default of payment imprisonment in the workhouse not exceeding ninety days. SEC. 5. Authorizes the inspection of places believed to contain game: Penalty for refusing to permit such inspection, fine $25 to $100 and, in default of payment, imprisonment in United States jail not exceeding six months.

SEC. 6. Persons knowingly trespassing on the lands of another for the purpose of shooting, after due notice by the owner or occupant of lands, shall be liable to such owner in exemplary damages to an amount not exceeding $100. Notices shall be given by signboards, at least two for every 50 acres. Penalty for defacing or injuring such signboards, fine $5 each, and, in default of such payment, imprisonment in workhouse not exceeding thirty days.

SEC. 7. Forbids shooting on Sunday: Penalty, not more than $20 for each offense.

ALABAMA.

1896-97.

Felony and misdemeanor defined.-"A felony, within the meaning of this code, is a public offense which may be punished by death or by imprisonment in the penitentiary; all other offenses are called misdemeanors." (Cođe 1896, sec. 4652.) "Any person who commits a public offense, which is a misdemeanor at common law or by statute, and the punishment of which is not particularly specified in this code, must, on conviction, be fined not more than five hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than six months." (Sec. 5414.)

All felonies and all misdemeanors, originally prosecuted in the circuit or city court, are indictable offenses." (Sec. 4891.)

GAME LAWS.

Hale County (No. 16, p. 16, approved November 28, 1896).-SEC. 1. Prohibits the purchase or sale of quail, commonly called partridge, in said county of Hale; it also prohibits the shipment of quail from the county. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine of $10 to $50.

NOTE.-The above operates as amendment, so far as quail is concerned, to act of February 26, 1887. Former penalty, not less than $3 nor more than $20 for every such violation.

Bibb County.-An act for the preservation of game, animals, and birds in the county of Bibb. (No. 20, p. 20, approved November 30, 1896.)

Section 1 prohibits catching, killing, or injuring in the county of Bibb any wild buek, doe, or fawn between the fourteenth day of February and the twentieth day of October of any year; also catching, killing, or injuring any wild turkey between the first day of April and the twentieth day of October; it furthermore prohibits catching, killing, or injuring any wild turkey by baiting or catching in any pen; also, catching, killing, or injuring any turtledove between the first day of April and the first day of July; also catching, killing, or injuring any quail, sometimes called partridge, between the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth day of September. It prohibits catching, killing, or injuring at all times of the year any wild duck or waterfowl in the nighttime.

Section 2 prohibits the destruction of the nests of any wild turkey or of any wild bird except the nests of crows, blackbirds, blue jays, hawks, owls, and other birds of prey in said county of Bibb. Violation a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not less than $10 nor more than $50, one-half of which shall go to the informer and the other half to the fine and forfeiture fund of Bibb County.

NOTE.-Former penalty not less than $10 nor more than $20. Former disposition of penalty, onehalf to the informer, the other half to the common-school fund of the county.

Chambers County.-An act for the preservation and protection of birds in Chambers County. (No. 25, p. 24, approved November 30, 1896.)

Section I prohibits the killing, trapping, or netting in Chambers County of any bird or birds, commonly called partridges at any time between the tenth day of March and the fifteenth day of October: Penalty for violation, a fine of $10 to $50.

Fayette County.-An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to provide for the protection and preservation of game, animals, and birds in Fayette County." p. 41, approved December 3, 1896.)

Said act, approved February 18, 1891, is repealed.

(No. 40,

NOTE.-Act repealed protected deer and wild turkey between March 1 and October 1. The penalty was not less than $5 nor more than $25.

Calhoun County. An act for the better preservation of game in Calhoun County, (No. 50, p. 52, approved December 5, 1896.)

Ala.

SEC. 1. Prohibits selling of live quails; also the hunting or killing of quail in said county from March 1 to October 15. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $10 to $25.

NOTE.-Former penalty, see act February 27, 1889. Fine not less than $100.

St. Clair and Dekalb counties.-An act to prevent persons from hunting with dog or gun, or with bird nets, upon the land of another in the counties of St. Clair and Dekalb, without first obtaining permission and written consent from the owner or agent of the land in cases where the same has been or is posted at three conspicuous places thereon. (No. 168, p. 425, approved January 26, 1897.)

Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine of $10 to $25, and may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than thirty days.

Tallapoosa County.-An act for the preservation of game, animals, and birds in Tallapoosa County. (No. 209, p. 537, approved February 4, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Prohibits catching, killing, or injuring any wild buck, doe, or fawn between the first day of March and the first day of October; also, catching, killing, or injuring any wild turkey between the first day of April and the first day of October; also, catching, killing, or injuring any turtledove between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of July; also, catching, killing, or injuring any quail between the first day of March and the first day of October; also, catching, killing, or injuring any squirrel between the first day of April and the first day of October.

SEC. 2. Prohibits catching, killing, or injuring the mocking bird at any time; also,

the destruction of the nests of birds or fowls except crows, owls, hawks, and such

birds of prey.

SEC. 3. Prohibits sale or purchase of any of the game or birds above mentioned during the seasons designated as closed.

Penalty, fine of $1 to $10, and $1 to $5 for each nest of eggs robbed or destroyed of the birds or game prohibited, together with the cost of prosecution.

Greene and Hale counties.-An act to prevent hunting on the lands of another without the consent of the owner of the title in fee simple or of a life estate therein, or of his authorized agent in the county of Greene, and in beats Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17, Hale County, Ala. (No. 233, p. 632, approved February 9, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Prohibits hunting or shooting game of any kind on the lands of another, without consent of owner, within the district named in this act. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not more than $20.

NOTE.-Act of February 12, 1891, made penalty for hunting or shooting in certain parts of Greene County not less than $5 nor more than $100.

Act of December 10, 1892, made penalty for trespass in certain precincts of Hale County, previous notice having been posted, not less than $10 nor more than $5,000.

Montgomery County.-An act for the preservation of game in Montgomery County. (No. 270, p. 684, approved February 9, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Prohibits catching, killing, or injuring certain game birds and animals within closed seasons as defined, in the county of Montgomery. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine not more than $100.

NOTE.-New features; changes closed seasons in certain instances. Includes other game. Simplifies penalty as given in section 5, act of February 13, 1879.

Colbert County.—An act for the preservation of game, birds and animals in the county of Colbert. (No. 296, p. 736, approved February 11, 1897.)

SEC. 1. Prohibits catching, killing, or injuring certain game birds and animals within closed seasons as defined, in Colbert County. Violation, fine of $3 to $20. NOTE.-Makes act of February 27, 1889, apply to whole county, with changes in closed seasons.

Various counties.—An act to amend an act to prevent hunting on land without written consent of owner or his agent, in Dallas, Madison, Autauga, Macon, Sumter, Talladega, Bullock, and Oak Grove, Perryville and Radfordville beats of Perry County, and beats Nos. 2 and 9 in Hale County, approved February 18, 1891. (No. 298, p. 738, approved February 11, 1897.)

As amended prohibits hunting or shooting game of any kind on lands of another without consent of owner within certain county districts of Alabama. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $10 to $50.

NOTE.-New feature: Adds counties of Greene and Barbour.

Conecuh County.-An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act for the preservation of game in Conecuh County," approved December 11, 1891. (No. 348, p. 869, approved February 13, 1897.)

As amended prohibits killing within confines of Conecuh County, between March 1 and November 1, any deer, wild turkey, partridge or quail, or turtle dove; also destruction of eggs or nests of such game birds. Killing of squirrels also prohibited except by authority of owner of land. Violation, a misdemeanor: Penalty, fine $10 to $50, or sentence to hard labor for not more than twenty days.

NOTE.-New feature: Omission concerning squirrel in section 1 of "between the 1st day of August and the 1st day of October in any year."

Hale County.-An act for the preservation of game, animals, and birds in beat No. 17, in Hale County. (No. 364, p. 897, approved February 13, 1897.)

Sections of this act prohibit catching, killing, or injuring any wild buck, doe, or fawn, wild turkey, quail (sometimes called partridge), turtle dove, or mocking bird within closed seasons as defined; also robbing or destroying nests of wild birds, crows, blackbirds, blue jays, and other birds of prey excepted; also sale of game birds mentioned during season when catching, killing, or injuring the same is prohibited. Violation of provisions a misdemeanor: Penalty, not less than $5 nor more than $25.

NOTE.-New features-change in closed seasons for wild turkey, buck, doe, or fawn. alty, not less than $3 nor more than $20.

Former pen

Barbour County.-An act for the preservation of game and birds in Barbour County. (No. 551, p. 1225, approved February 18, 1897.)

SECTION 1. Prohibits catching, killing, or injuring any turtle dove between the