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at hard labor, for not less than two nor more than thirty years. Attempt 

 to administer poison is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary 

 for not less than two nor more than ten years. Any one sending or 

 accepting a challenge to fight a duel, shall be deprived of the right of 

 suffrage and disqualified from holding any office of honor or trust, and 

 imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding two years. Any person 

 carrying a challenge shall be disqualified from holding office, and im- 

 prisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding two years, and fined not less 

 than ^500, nor more than $1,000. The principal or second in a duel 

 may be compelled to give testimony against any person indicted without 

 criminating himself The carrying of a deadly weapon concealed about 

 the person is a misdemeanor, punij liable by line and imprisonment, and 

 an assault with such concealed weapon is an aggravated offence. Kid- 

 napping sailors or minors, ill treatment of apprentices, children, servants, 

 &c., and enticing away a laborer under contract -with another, or emplov- 

 ing a laborer known to be under such contract, are misdemeanors, 

 punishable by fine and imprisonment. Burglary at common law is 

 punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life at hard labor. 

 Breaking into a house in the day time is a felony, punishable by impris- 

 onment for not more than one year. Burning stacks of corn, etc., and 

 burning or cutting frames of timber, are punishable by imprisonment. 

 Firing turpentine farms is a felony, punishable by fine or imprisonment. 

 Stealing grain or cotton from the field is a felony, punishable by fine or 

 imprisonment. Larceny of live stock is punishable by fine and impris- 

 onment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years. 

 Among the misdemeanors to which special punishments are attached 

 are : Setting fire to grass ; malicious wounding. of live stock; malicious 

 injury or defacement of houses, trees, &c. ; marking or branding of the 

 animals of others ; obtaining property under false pretences ; obstructing 

 rivers and creeks and fish sluices, ditches and drains ; selling property 

 on which a lien exists ; fraudulent removal of property levied on by 

 sheriff; fiilse packing of cotton; selling seed cotton between sundown 

 and sunrise ; failure of factors to account for produce placed in their 

 hands; and cruelty to animals. Bigamy is punishable by imprisonment 

 in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than five years, 

 and by fine not less than $500. Adultery and fornication are punishable 

 by fine and imprisonment, or both. Practicing medicine or dentistry 

 without the proper qualifications is punishable by fine* and all practicing 

 phy.sicians are required to register themselves in the office of the Clerk 

 of the Court of Common Pleas for their respective counties. Lotteries 

 are prohibited, and penalties are attached to setting up or advertising tlie 

 same, or selling lottery tickets. Where any person is reported to the 



