passage over such wire, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2762 R. L. 1910)

1528. Interference With Irrigation Ditches-It shall be unlawful for any person to divert any of the waters from any irrigation ditch in this State, or to interfere in any manner whatever with any irrigation ditch, without first having obtained the permission of the owner of such ditch, or of the person or persons lawfully in charge thereof. (2763 R. L. 1910.)

1529. Penalty-Any person violating any of the provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50. (2764 R. L. 1910)

1530. Opening Sealed Letters-Any person who wilfully opens or reads, or causes to be read any sealed letter not addressed to himself, without being authorized so to do, either by the writer of such letter, or by the person to whom it is addressed, and every person who without like authority publishes any letter, knowing it to have been opened in violation of this section or any part thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2786 R. L. 1910)

1531. Destroying Dispatches-Any person who discloses the contents of any telegraph dispatch, or telegraph message or any part thereof addressed to another person, without the permission of such person, except upon the lawful order of a court or the judge thereof, to his loss, injury or disgrace, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2787 R. L. 1910)

1532. Secreting Dispatches-Any person who, having in his possession any telegraphic dispatch addressed to another, maliciously secretes, conceals or suppresses the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2788 R. L. 1910)

1533. Injuring Works of Art or Improvements-Any person who wilfully injures, disfigures or destroys, not being the owner thereof, any monument, work of art, or useful or ornamental improvement, within the limits of any town or city, or any shade tree or ornamental plant, growing therein, whether situated upon private ground or on any street, sidewalk or public park or place, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2789 R. L. 1910)

1534. Destroying Works of Literature or Art-Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, disfigures, soils, obliterates, breaks or destroys any book, map, chart, picture, engraving,

statue, coin, model, apparatus, specimen or other work of literature or art, or object of curiosity deposited in any public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair or exhibition, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not exceeding three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year. (2790 R. L. 1910)

1535. Injuries to Pipes and Wires-Any person who wilfully breaks, digs up or obstructs any pipes or mains for conducting gas or water, or any works erected for supplying buildings with gas or water, or any appurtenances or ap pendages therewith connected, or injures, cuts, breaks down or destroys any electric light wires, poles or appurtenances, or any telephone or telegraph wires, cables or appurtenances, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding three years, or in the county jail not exceeding one year, and by fine of not more than five hundred dollars. (2791 R. L. 1910.)

1536. Taking Goods from Legal Custody-Any person who wilfully injures or destroys, takes or attempts to take, or assists any other person in taking or attempting to take from the custody of any officer or person, any personal property which such officer or person has in charge under any process of law, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2195 R. L. 1910)

1537. Penalty for Cruelty to Convicts-If any officer or other person treat any prisoner in a cruel or inhuman manner, he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (4612 R. L. 1910.)

1538. Penalty for Annoying Convicts-The officer having such prisoner in charge shall protect him from insult and annoyance and communication with others while at labor, and in going to and returning from the same, and he may use such means as are necessary and proper therefor, and any person persisting in insulting and annoying or communicating with any prisoner after being first commanded by such officer to desist shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three days. (4613 R. L. 1910.)

1539. Obstructions in Cotton and Grain-Any person who shall designedly place any hard or solid substance or article in any stack, shock, sheaf or load of unthreshed grain, or in any bin, bag, sack or load of unthreshed grain or seed, or

shall designedly place any matches or other inflammable, combustible or explosive substance in any unginned cotton with intent to injure or destroy any such grain, seed, or cotton, or any machinery which may be used for threshing or grinding such grain or seed or ginning such cotton, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than five years. (S. L. 1915, 4)

1540. Injury to School Property-Every person who shall wilfully injure or destroy any building used as a school house or for other educational purposes, or any furniture, fixtures or apparatus thereto belonging, or who shall deface, mar or disfigure any such school building, furniture, trees, or fixtures by writing, painting, cutting or pasting, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and such fines, when collected, shall be turned into the county treasurer for the support of the common schools of the county. The fine herein provided shall be in addition to, and not in lieu, of the punishment provided by statute regulating crimes of such offenses. (S. L. 1913, 581)

1541. Wearing Military Insignia-Any person who shall wear any uniform, or any device, strap, knot or button or insignia of any design or character used as a designation of guards, rank or office, such as are by law or general regulation duly promulgated or prescribed for the use of the militia, or any uniform similar thereto in appearance, style or makeup, except members of the army or navy of the United States and honorably discharged members thereof and of the active members of this or any other state, and members of the Grand Army of the Republic and Confederate Veterans' association, or of the Governor's staff, or any uniform cadets of any school of this or any other state, or who shall in any manner impersonate an officer or enlisted man of the active militia of this State, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, either or both, at the discretion of the court, providing this section shall not be applied to persons wearing on the stage any such uniform at theatrical or like performances. (S. L. 1911, 339.)

1542. Refusing Soldiers Admission to Public Places—Any person, persons, firm, or corporation who shall refuse admittance to or eject from any place where the public is admitted, such as hotels, cafes, places of amusements, etc., any member of the United States army, navy, marine corps, naval or military academy, or of the national guards of any state, territory or District of Columbia, on account of his uniform, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200, or imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. (S. L. 1911, 342)

1543. Depriving Member of National Guard of Employment-Any person who either by himself or with another wilfully deprives a member of the national guard of his employment or prevents his being employed by himself or another, or obstructs said member of the national guard or his employer in respect to his trade, business or employment because said member of said national guard is such member, or dissuades any person from enlistment in said national guard by threat of injury to him in case he shall so enlist, in respect to his employment, trade, or business, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor exceeding $100, or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than sixty days in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (S. L. 1913, 364)