The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-04-04

at the late session Of the legislature, and will
undoubtedly prove highly beneficial 10 the com
munitv. After defining various crimes and
offences, and stating how those found guilty OF
them are to be punished, the law declares that
whoever shall cut, pull down, burn, destroy, or
carry away any tree, wood or timber, growing
or lying on the land of another, or cause the
same to be done, without the consent OF the
owner, shall be fined not less than So. normore
than $500; one-third for the owner ofthe land,
one-third fer the benefit Of the parish, and one
third to the district attorney. Whoever shall
take possession Of any tract of land, any part
thereof, or Of any house or othertenement, be-
ing the property of another person, without
any leeairight so to do, land whose possession
shall not have continued for one year without
Interruption or shall maliciously burn, tear
down, or otherwise destroy the Enclosure or
fences around the field Or lot of ground belong
ing to any other person, shall be fined not less
than $50, nor more than $1,000, or imprison-
ed not more than six months, nor less than ten
DAYS, or both at the discretion Of the court
Whoever shall cut down, destroy, or remove
for sale, the timber on any land belonging to
the State, shall be condemned. to pay a fine of
not less than $50, nor more than $1,000, and
in default of the same be imprisoned not less
than ten days, nor more than one year; and it
is made the duty of the registers Of the state
land Offices, of the swamp land commissioners,
and of the swamp land engineers, to report all
trespassers to the district attorney, and to fur
nish him with such evidence as may be in their
possession; and it is made the duty of the dis
trict Judges at each regular session Of their
courts to charge the grand %juries specially to
inquire into trespasses upon State lands. Its
not necessary in any Indictment for violations
of this law, to charge the particular section or
quarter-section on which the offence was COM
mitted, but it will suffice to allege the township
only, and if proof is that the act was commit
ted on swamp or overlooked lands, the pre-
sumption shall be that it belongs to the State,
the burden of proof being on the defendant that
it was not the property Of the State. The act
declares that whoever shall knowing vote at an
election without having a legal right to do SO,
or vote a second time at the same election, shall
suffer a fine or imprisonment, or both, at the
discretion of the court; whoever Shall attempt
to vote twice at the same election, shall pay a
not exceeding 800, and if the delinquent
is unable to pay the fine, he is to be imprison-
ed for a term not exceeding one year. Who
ever shall use any threats, menace, intimida-
or violence, or raise or excite any tumult
or riot at any election, shall be imprisoned not
more than six months and fined not more than
$500. 1t shall not be lawful for commission
ers of elections to open any folded ticket which
nay be received before deposlting it in the box,
0 place any number or mark on the ticket, or
o use any other means or device by which any
icket might afterwards be identified, and any
Commissioner so offending shall be fined. not
$500 for each offence. Any commission
r who shall knowingly receive an illegal vote
hall suffer fine Or Imprisonment, or both at
he discretion of the court. Under the head OF
4embezzlement and breach of trust,'' it is de-
reed that any servant, clerk, broker, agent,
%onsignee, trustee, attorney, depository, COM
non carrier, curator, testamentary executor,
administrator, tutor, or any person holding any
'ffice or trust under the executive or judicial
of this State, or in the service of any
public Or private corporation or company, who
hall wrongfulIy use, dispose OF, conceal or 9th
embezzle any money, bill, note, check,
lraft, order, bond, bill of lading, or any other
which he shall have received for anoth-
II, or for his employer, bailor, or by virtue of
lis Office, trust or employment, or which shall
lave been entrusted to his care, keeping or pos
session by another, shall on conviction thereof,
or Of having aided or abetted in the commission
or of having been accessory thereto,
or after the fact, suffer Imprisonment at
hard labor, not more than seven nor less than
one year. Lotteries of every description and
selling of lottery tickets are strictly forbid
len under heavy penalties. Whoever shall
keep a disorderly tavern, or drinking house,
shall suffer fine or imprisonment, or both at the
Of the court, and the offender may
likewise be adjudged to forfeit his license
Whoever shall keep a coffee house or grog-
shop, or retail spurious liquors, without pre-
obtaining a license from the police ju-
ny, town or city authorities, shall be fined not
less than 500 nor more than s 500, and in de-
fault of payment shall be imprisoned not less
than fifteen days nor more than four months.
Whoever shall keep a banking game or,gam-
Bling house at which money, any thing repre-
money, or any article Of value, shall be
bet Or hazarded, or aid or assist in keeping one,
shall for the first offence be fined not less than
$1,000 nor more than $4,000; and for the Sc
cpnd offence be fined not less than $4,000 nor
than $4,000, and be imprisoned at hard
labor for not less than one nor more than five
One-half of the fine to be for the use
Of the parish in which the offence is committed.
and the other half to the charity hospital, New
Orleans. Tie act makes it lawful for any pub