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1272 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. Ch. 429. 1899.
Indictment of mother for murder of bastard. Sec. 126. That when a woman is indicted for the murder of her bastard infant, she may also be charged in the same indictment with the crime defined in the last preceding section, and if she shall be found not guilty of the charge of murder she may be found guilty of the crime defined in such section, and punished accordingly.
Keeping bawdyhouse Sec. 127. That if any person shall keep or set up a house of ill fame, brothel, or bawdyhouse for the purpose of prostitution, fornication, or lewdness, such person, upon·conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by fine not less than one-hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Common fame evidence of bawdyhouse Sec. 128. That in all prosecutions for the crime defined in the section last preceding, common fame shall be competent evidence in support of the indictment; and whenever any lessee or occupant of any house shall be convicted of any such crime, the lease or contract for the hiring or occupancy of such house shall, at the option of the lessor or owner, become void, and such lessor or owner shall thereupon be entitled to recover the possession of such premises as in the case of a tenant holding over after the expiration of his time.
Incest, definition and punishment of. Sec. 129. That if any person' related to another person within and not including the fourth degree of consanguinity, computed according to the rules of the civil law, shall marry or cohabit with, or have sexual intercourse with such other so related person, knowing her or him to be within said degree of relationship, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of incest, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than three years and not more than fifteen years.
Sodomy. Sec. 130. That if any person shall commit sodomy, or the crime against nature, either with mankind or beast, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years.
Illegal disinterment. Sec. 131. That if any person shall willfully and wrongfully dig up, disinter, remove, or convey away any human body, or the remains thereof, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than two years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year.
Injuring tombstones and trespassing on graveyard. Sec. 132. Th at any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, or gravestone, or or other structure in any cemetery, or any fence, railing, or other work for the protection or ornament of a cemetery, or tomb, monument, or gravestone, or other structure aforesaid, or of any cemetery lot within a cemetery, or shall willfully destroy, cut, or break, or injure any tree, shrub, or plant within the limits of a cemetery, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail for a term not less than one nor more than thirty days, according to the nature and aggravation of the offense, and such offender shall also be liable in an action of trespass to pay all such damages as have been occasioned by his unlawful act or acts.
Making roads through graveyards. Sec. 133. That if any person other than an officer on lawful business shall, without authority specially granted by law, or without the authority or consent of the proprietor or owner, open or make any highway, street, road, railway, macadamized road, or other thing in the nature of a public easement, over, in through, or upon any inclosure or yard used for the burial of the dead, or shall begin to open or make any such public easement over, in, through, or upon any such inclosure or yard, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three mouths nor more than one year, or by fine not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Cruelty to animals. Sec. 134. That if any person shall cruelly beat or torture any animal, whether belonging to himself or another, such person, upon conviction