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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 1647, 1648. 1906. 127 upon any property, public or private, in the District of Columbia, or any public or private building, statue, monument, office, dwelling, or structure of any kind, or which may be in course of erection, or the doors, windows, steps, railing, fencing, balconies, balustrades, stairs, porches, or halls, or the walls or sides, or the walls of any inclosure thereof; or to write, mark, or paint obscene or indecent words or language thereon, or to draw, paint, mark, or write obscene or inde— cent fivures representing obscene or indecent objects; or to write, mark, [draw, or paint any other word, sign, or figure thereon, without the consent of the owner or proprietor thereof, or, in case of public property, of the person having charge, custody, or control thereof, under penalty of a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprison- P°“““" i“°’°”°"· ment not to exceed six months, or both such fine and imprisonment? Last PABAGBAPH. "That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make any I¤d°°°¤* °¤P°¤¤**=- obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person or their persons in any street, avenue or alley, road or highway, open space, public square, . or other public place or inclosure, in the District of Columbia, or to make any such obscene or indecent exposure of person in any dwelling or other building or other place wherefrom the same may be seen in any street, avenue, alley, road or highway,°open space, public square, or public or private bui ding or inclosure, under a penalty not to exceed P°“f““*'i“°"°”°"· two hundred and fifty dollars for each and every such offense. That 0,',l;‘;,’§;,“,$m,’},'§§,§ *‘“‘ the taking and carrying away of the property of another in the District of Columbia without right to do so shall be a misdemeanor, punishable "°“"">’*“°'°”°"· by a. fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not to exceed six months, or both." Approved, April 21, 1906. CHAP. 1648.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to create the southern Agn}, division of the southern district of Iowa for judicial purposes, and to fix the time and place for holding co1u·t therein," approved June first, nineteen hundred, and all Acts [Public, Ne. 116.] amendatory thereof. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o_fRepresentati1zea of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of an Act, d,m{¤d,g<;g{};°*¤ 1**- entitled "An Act to create the southern division of the southern dis- Appenbese `ceumy trict of Iowa for judicial purposes, and to fix the time and place for §§,E',j‘,§f§"Qf,",,f{§,2 holding court therein," approved June first, nineteen hundred, and all dlr,i;iy¤·3, P ,4,, Acts amendatory thereof, be amended to read as follows: “"That the amended. ’` " counties of Lucas, Clarke, Union, Adair, Adams, Tremont, Page, Taylor, Rin gold, Decatur, and Wayne shall constitute the southern division of gte southern judicial district of Iowa; and a term of a cir- T¤¤¤¤¤= Cr¤¤¤¤¤- cuit and district court for said district shall be held in said division hereby created at Creston, in Union County, on the fourth Tuesday in March and first Tuesday in November of each and every year. ’ And the county of A panoose heretofore within said southern division is herebv transferred) to and made a part of the eastern division of the southern judicial district of Iowa. _ · · I _ Sac, 2. That all causes now pending in the southern division of the mf’n;};§r;g¤,g°“,gej,§ southern judicial district from Appanoose Countv shall be transferred kuk. to the eastern division of the southern judicial district of Iowa, at Keokuk, in Lee County. _ Sec. That all crimes and offenses against the laws of the United °¤¤*¤¤1°**¤· States committed within said Appanoose County shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined at the terms of the circuit and district courts of said eastern division of the southern judicial district of Iowa, at