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-430§ 543. Carnal abuse of children Whoever willfully commits a lewd or lascivious act including any of the acts constituting other offenses for which punishment is provided for in this title upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child under the age of 13 years, with the intent or arousing, appealing to, or gratifying, the lust, passions, or sexual desires of himself or the child, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years. CHAPTER 27—CIVIL RIGHTS Sec.

571. Refusal of innkeepers and carriers to receive guests and passengers.

§ 571. Refusal of innkeepers and carriers to receive guests and passengers Whoever, in carrying on business as an innkeeper or as a common carrier, or, in acting as an agent or officer of a corporation carrying on such a business, refuses, without just cause or excuse, to receive and entertain any guest, or to receive and carry any passenger, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. CHAPTER 29^COMPOUNDING CRIME Sec.

601. Punishment for compounding crime.

§ 601. Punishment for compounding crime Whoever, having knowledge of the commission of a crime, takes money or property of another person, or a gratuity or reward, or an engagement or promise therefor, upon an agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal the crime or to abstain from a prosecution thereof, or to withhold any evidence thereof, except in a case where, as provided by law, a crime may be compromised by leave of court, shall: (1) if the agreement or understanding relates to a crime punishable by death, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years; (2) if the agreement or understanding relates to any other felony, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years; or (3) if the agreement or understanding relates to a misdemeanor, be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. CHAPTER 31—CONSPIRACY Sec. QUI. Acts constituting conspiracy; punishment. 632. Necessity for overt act; exceptions; pleading and proof.

§631. Acts constituting conspiracy; punishment If two or more persons conspire: (1) to commit a crime; (2) falsely and maliciously to present another for a crime, or to procure another to be charged or arrested for a crime; (3) falsely to move or maintain a suit, action, or proceeding; (4) to cheat and defraud a person of property by means which are in themselves criminal, or to obtain money or property by false pretenses; or (5) to commit an act injurious to the public health, the public morals, or to pervert or obstruct justice or due administration of the laws— each of them shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or in the penitentiary tor not more than three years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.