Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 76A.djvu/546

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-450(2) tear gas, mustard gas or any of the other combinations or compounds thereof; or (3) acid or explosives— shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary' not more than five years. § 1109. Act by intoxicated physician or surgeon endangering life Whoever, being a physician or surgeon, and, in a state of intoxication, and as a physician or surgeon, does an act to another person by which the life of the person is endangered, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. A § 1110. Poisoning food, medicine, or water Whoever willfully: (1) mingles poison with any food, drink, or medicine, with intent that it shall be taken or consumed by a human being, to his injury; or (2) poisons a spring, well, or reservoir of water— shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more thaii 20 years. § 1111. Placing filth or animal carcasses in or near waters or highways; pollution generally Whoever: (1) puts the carcass of a dead animal, or the offal or filth from a slaughterhouse, pen or butcher shop, into a river, creek, pond, reservoir, stream, alley, public highway or road in common use; (2) puts the carcass of a dead animal or offal or filth of any kind in or upon the borders of a stream, pond, lake or reservoir from which water is drawn for the supply of the inhabitants of a city or village, so that the drainage from the carcass, offal or filth may be taken up by or in the stream, lake or reservoir; or (3) by any other means, fouls or pollutes the waters of a stream, pond, lake or reservoir— shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than one year, or both. § 1112. Causing boiler explosion endangering life Whoever, having charge of a steam boiler, steam engine or other apparatus for generating or employing steam used in a factory, railway or other works, willfully, or from ignorance or gross neglect, creates, or allows to be created, such an undue quantity of steam as to burst the boiler, engine or apparatus, or cause any other accident whereby human life is endangered, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 1113. Causing boiler of steamboat to explode, endangering life Whoever, being a captain or other person having charge of a steamboat used for the conveyance of passengers, or of the boilers and engines thereof, from ignorance or gross neglect or for the purpose of excelling another boat in speed, creates or allows to be created, such an undue quantity of steam as to burst the boiler, or any apparatus or machinery connected therewith, whereby human life is endangered, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 1114. Causing boiler explosion resulting in death Whoever, having charge of a steam boiler, steam engine, or other apparatus for generating or employing steam used m a factory, or on a railroad, or in a vessel, or in any kind of mechanical work, willfully or from ignorance or neglect, creates or allows to be created,