1738. State Capitol Building-It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to mutilate, deface, mar, or in any other way to damage the walls or other parts of the State Capitol Building. (S. L. 1913, 151.)

1739. Mechanical Engineers-Approval. No driving of nails, boring of holes, marking of walls or other defacement of the State Capitol Building shall be permissible without having the approval of the State Mechanical Engineer, or the engineer designated by the State Board of Public Affairs for such purpose, and the State Board of Public Affairs. (S. L. 1917, 151.)

Violation-Misdemeanor.

1740. Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by fine not to exceed five hundred ($500.00) dollars, or both, imprisonment and fine. (S. L. 1917, 151.)

ARTICLE LXXII.

SEDUCTION.

1741. Seduction Under Promise of Mar- 1742. Subsequent Marriage. riage. Abandonment.

1743.

1741. Seduction Under Promise of Marriage-Any person who, under promise of marriage, seduces and has illicit connection with any unmarried female of previous chaste character, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (2423 R. L. 1910.)

Proof in, see section 205.

The testimony of the prosecutrix must be corroborated as to promise of marriage and illicit intercourse, but not as to her being unmarried and of chaste character. Cluck v. State, 9 Okla. Cr. 580, 132 P. 930; Butts v. State, 12 Okla. Cr. 391, 157 P. 704; Harvey v. Terr., 11 Okla. 156, 65 P. 837.

1742. Subsequent Marriage-The subsequent marriage of the parties is a defense to a prosecution for a violation of the last section. (2424 R. L. 1910.)

1743. Abandonment-Any person charged by information or indictment with the offense of seduction who shall, before trial of such charge, marry the female whom he was accused of seducing, thereby procuring the dismissal of such charge, and who shall within two years after said marriage, without the fault of his said wife, such fault amounting to acts committed by her after said marriage as would entitle him to a divorce under the laws of the State, shall abandon her or refuse to live with her, or shall be so cruel to her as to compel her to leave him, or shall be guilty of such outrages or cruelties towards her as to make their living together impossible, thereby leaving her or forcing her to leave him, and live apart from each other, shall be guilty of the offense

of abandonment after seduction and marriage; and any person convicted of said offense shall be confined in the penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than ten years; and said marriage shall be no bar to the qualifications of said female to testify against the defendant; and the female so seduced and subsequently married and abandoned as herein provided, shall be a competent witness against said defendant. (S. L. 1915, 194.)

1744. Disposal of One's Own Body Any person has the right to direct the manner in which his body shall be disposed of after his death, and to direct the manner in which any part of his body which becomes separated therefrom during his lifetime shall be disposed of. The provisions of this article do not apply where such person has given directions for the disposal of his body or part thereof inconsistent with these provisions. (2446 R. L. 1910.)

1745. Duty of Burial-Except in the cases in which a right to dissect a dead body is expressly conferred by law, every dead body of a human being must be decently buried within a reasonable time after the death. (2447 R. L. 1910.) –

1746. Burial in Other States-The last section does not affect the right to carry the dead body of a human being through this State, or to remove from this State the body of a person dying within it, for the purpose of burying the same in another State or territory. (2448 R. L. 1910.)

1747. Dissection Allowed-The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists in the following cases:

First: In the cases authorized by positive enactment of the legislature.

Second: Whenever the death occurs under circumstances in which an officer is authorized by law to hold an inquest upon the body and authorizes such dissection for the purpose of the inquest.

Third: Whenever any husband or next kin of a deceased person, being charged by law with the duty of burial, authorizes such dissection for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death. (2448 R. L. 1910.)

1748. Unlawful Dissection-Every person who makes or procures to be made any dissection of the body of a human being, except by authority of law, or in pursuance of a permission given by the deceased, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2450 R. L. 1910.)

1749. Remains After Dissection-In all cases in which a dissection has been made, the provisions of this article requiring the burial of a dead body, and punishing interference with or injuries to a dead body, apply equally to the remains of the body dissected as soon as the lawful purposes of such dissection have been accomplished. (2451 R. L. 1910.)

1750. Dead Limb-All provisions of this article requiring the burial of a dead body, or punishing interference with or injuries to a dead body, apply equally to any dead limb or member of a human body, separated therefrom during lifetime. (2452 R. L. 1910.)

1751. Duty of Burial-The duty of burying the body of a deceased person devolves upon the persons hereinafter specified.

First: If the deceased were a married woman, the duty of burial devolves upon her husband.

Second: If the deceased were not a married woman, but left any kindred, the duty of burial devolves upon any person or persons in the same degree nearest of kin to the deceased, being of adult age, and possessed of sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses.

Third: If the deceased left no .husband, nor kindred, answering to the foregoing description, the duty of burial devolves upon the officer conducting an inquest upon the body of the deceased, if any such inquest is held; if none, then upon the person charged with the support of the poor in the locality in which the death occurs.

Fourth: In case the person upon whom the duty of burial is cast by the foregoing provisions omits to make such burial within a reasonable time, the duty devolves upon the person next specified; and if all omit to act, it devolves upon the tenant, or, if there be no tenant, upon the owner of the premises where the death occurs or the body is found. (2453 R. L. 1910.)

(See Secs. 4549, 4550, 4551, R. L. 1910.) 1752.

Neglect of Burial-Any person upon whom the duty of making burial of the remains of a deceased person is imposed by law, who omits to perform that duty within a rea