Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-31
senate hin Ne. ss.

AN ACT amendatory and supplementary
of an act entitled "An Act concerning
crimes and pasishments," approved
Norenber IS, 1881.
SECTION /. Section 11S Of the above
entitled Act Is hereby amended 80 as
TO read as follows: "Section ITO. IL
any person shall willfully and mall
%ciousfy disturb the peace or quietude OF
any family, community, neighborhood,
town, village or city, or part OF. any
town, village or city, by loud, unusual,
obscene or profane noises or language.
or BY tumult, tumultuous or offensive
conduct such as fighting, attempting
to fight, challenging to fight, quarrel
ing, traducing or slandering,. sucn per-
son shall be guilty of q misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be punished by
fine not exceeding $500, or by impris-
onment not exceeding six months IN
the County Jail, or by both such fine
and imprisohment."t
SEC. Q. Section 100 Of said Act Is
hereby amended so as to read rs fol-
lows: "Section 100. If any person
shall willfully obstruct or injure, or
cause or procure to be obstructed or
injured, any public road or highway,
or any common or public street or
alley, In any city, town or village, or
any public bridge, causeway, m~ill-race,
milldam, flume, river or other stream
of water, or continue, or cause or pro-
cure to be continued, any such obstruc-
ton, so rs to obstruct the use, utility
enjoyment or passage thereof, or injure
| the same, or erect or establish any
| offensive trade manufacture or busi-
ness, or continue, or cause or procure
the sameto be continued, after 1t has
been erected or established, or In any
manner pollute or obstruct any water
course. pond, lake or marsh, natural
or artificial, or any common sewer,
street or alley, or continue such OBJ
strucfon or pollution, so as to render
the anne inconvenient, unwholesome
or offensive to the public, or to any
comfy, city, town, village, community
orneighborhood thereabout, such per-
sn shall be deemed guilty Of n misdc-
ueanor, and on conviction shall be
fined In any sum not exceeding $1,000,
Dr. imprisoned in the County Jail not
Exceeding one year, or punished by
both such fine and imprisonment ; and
for the purposes Of any prosecution
under this section, 1t shall be deemed
the commission Of q public nuisance If
any one shall depositany dead animal,
offal Of any slaughtered animal, old
clothing, empty or broken bottles,
crockery, pottery, cans, boxes or cases,
or hog trough, kitchen Stops or other
offensive thing, In any street, alley,
sewer or stream IN any city, town or
village, or to pile, or cause or procure
to bo piled, any wood, lumber or TIM
Der In any such street, alley or stream,
to remain therein more than twenty
four hours, or to place anything upon
any sidewalk In any city, town or vii
lage, so as to prevent or obstruct the
free use thereof, and passage over tho
same, by the public, at all times except
when necessarily so prevented or OBJ
structed In the making or repairing Of
buildings, streets, sidewalks or avn
ings, or In the loading or unloading Of
merchandise or other property, and
any such nuisance shall, by order Of
the Court adjudging 1t such, be abated
by the Sheriff Of the county"
SEC. 8. If any person shall, when
intoxicated, lie down in any street
or alley, or upon any public grounds
of any city, town or village, or upon
any nubliC road or railroad, such per-
son Shall be deemed guilty Of n mis-
demeanor, and on conviction shall DO
punished by a fine of not exceeding
800, or by Imprisonment In the County
Jail not more than fifty days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 4. If any inmate of any house Of
Ill fame shall wantonly, or when in
toxicated, disturb the peace or quietudc
of any family or families, or any COM
munity In the vicinity or neighborhood
of such house of i'll fame, when intoxi-
Gated, such persons shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemsanor, and on conviction
shall be punished by a fine not exceed
ing 5000, or by imprisonment in the
County Jail not more than n hun
drcd days, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment.
SEC. 8. If any person shall wilfully
or maliciously loosen or dlsplace any
tie, or rail-, or switch, or open or close
any switch on any railroad, or place
any obstruction OH any railroad. or in
lure any engine, locomotive or car on
any railroad, or do, or cause, or pro-
cure to be done any other act or thing
whereby any accident or casualty
might be caused upon any such rail-
road, such person shall be deemed
guilty of assault with intent to commit
murder, and on conviction shall be
punished by Imprisonment IN the State
Prison not less than n year, and
which may extend to life, and any per-
son who shall be convicted Of wilfully
and maliciously u%ncovering or leaving
open any uninclosed shaft, shall
be punished as in this section above
provided.
SEC. @. If any person shall rob the
United States mail, such person shall
be deemed guilty offelony, and OH con-
viction shall be punished by imprison-
ment In the State Prison not less than
ten years, and which may extend to
life.
SEC. 7. If any person shall detain
the United States mail, when In
transit, by an attempt to rob the same,
or by robblng, or by attempting to rob
any express, or any man, or men,
woman or women, corporation or COM
mon carrier, such person shall be
deemed guilty of felony, and on con-
viction shall be punished by imprison-
ment In the State Prison not less than
one, nor more than fifteen years.
SEC. s. If. any person shall rob any
express, express company, or common
carrier, or any stage, stage coach, ex-
press wagon, chr, or other vehicle on
which any express, express company,
or common carrier shall convey any
money, bullion, property. package, or
letters, such person shall be deemed
guilty Of felony, and on conviction
shall be punished by Imprisonment In
the State Prison not less than ten
years, and which may extend to life.
SEC. 8. If any person wilfully, or BY
carelessness, ~endangers the safety, OF
any dwelling-house, store or other
building In any city, town or village,
by the improper use Of fire or the un-
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