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CRIMINAL CODE.

the same, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison not more than five years, nor less than two years, or by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars.

Sec. 37. If the owner of any ship, steamboat, or vessel, or any property laden or pretended to be laden on board the same, or if any other person concerned in the lading or fitting out of such ship, steamboat or vessel, shall make out or exhibit or cause to be made out or exhibited, any false or fraudulent invoice, bill of lading, bill of parcels, or other false estimates of any goods or property laden or pretended to be laden on board such vessel, with intent to injure or defraud any insurer of such vessel or property, or any part thereof, be shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison not more than three years, nor less than one year, or by fine not more than five hundred dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars.

Sec. 38. If any master or other officer or mariner of a ship, steamboat or vessel, shall make or cause to be made, or shall swear to any false affidavit or protest, or if any owner or other person concerned in such vessel, or in the goods or property laden on board of such vessel, shall procure any such false affidavit or protest to be made, or shall exhibit the same with intent to injure or deceive or defraud any insurer of such ship, steamboat or vessel, or of the goods or property laden on board the same, or any other person, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison not more than five years, nor less than two ycars, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars.

Sec. 39. Every person who shall willfully an'l maliciously kill, inaim, or disfigure ang horses, cattle, or other beasts, of another person, or shall willfully and maliciously administer poison to any such beasts, or expose any poisonous substance with intent that the same may be taken or swallowed by them, or shall willfully and maliciously destroy or injure the personal property of another, in any manner by any means not particularly mentioned or described in this chapter, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than two years, nor less than three months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than fifty dollars.