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votes polled necessary to

remove county

seat.

If public build

ings are worth five thousand dollars, two

A majority of polled or given, it shall appear that any one place has a majority of all the votes polled, such place shall be the county seat, and notice of such change shall be given, as provided by law; Provided, That not less than two-thirds of all the legal voters shall be necessary to effect the removal of the county seat of any county in this State, in thirds vote nec- which the public buildings belonging to the county within one year after the passage of this act, and at the time of the presentation to the county commissioners of the petition heretofore provided for, shall be of the value of five thousand dollars; Provided, further, That in estimating the value of the buldings, the movable jail cells shall not be taken into consideration.

essary.

SEC. 2.

All laws, or parts of laws, in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

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TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS GUILTY OF A WIL-
FUL, MALICIOUS OR NEGLIGENT USE OF FIRE TO THE INJURY OF
OTHERS, AND FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS BUILDING
CAMP FIRES AND FAILING TO EXTINGUISH SUCH FIRES.

Penalty for setting fire to woods or

prairie.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Colorado:

SECTION I. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any woods or prairie, or grounds of any description, other than his own, or shall, intentionally, or by gross neglect, permit a fire, set or cause to be set by him, to pass from his own grounds to the injury of any other person or persons, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine, not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, not

exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprison

ment.

lecting to extin

SEC. 2. Any person who shall build a camp fire in any Penalty for negwoods, or any prairie, or on other grounds in this State, guish camp fires. shall, before or at the time of breaking and leaving such camp, totally extinguish such camp fire; and, upon a failure to do so, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine, not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Approved March 27, 1885.

CRIMINAL CODE.

(S. B. 163.)

AN ACT

TO PROVIDE A PUNISHMENT FOR THE COMMISSION OF WILFUL TRES-
PASS UPON DAMS, DYKES OR EMBANKMENTS SITUATED UPON
IMPROVED OR ENCLOSED LANDS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Colorado:

I.

embankments or

SECTION 1. Every person who shall wilfully commit Penalty for tresany trespass by entering upon the improved or enclosed pass to injure land of another, without the permission of the owner dams. thereof, with intent to cut, injure or destroy any dam, dyke or embankment kept or maintained for the purpose of storing water in any lake, creek or reservoir, shall, upon conviction therefor, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days, nor more than one year, or by a fine not less than fifty dollars, and not more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprison

ment.

Approved March 31, 1885.

Agent of the

may make

arrests.

(S. B. 258.)

AN ACT

AMENDING SECTION SIX, OF DIVISION FOURTEEN, OF CHAPTER
TWENTY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO, ENTITED "CRIMINAL CODE."

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Colorado:

SECTION I. That section six, of division fourteen, of chapter twenty five of the General Statutes of the State of Colorado, entitled "Criminal Code," be so amended as to read as follows, viz: Any agent of the Colorado Humane humane society society, upon being designated thereto by the sheriff of any county in this State, may, within such county, make arrests, and bring before any court or magistrate thereof having jurisdiction, offenders found violating the provisions of this act, and all fines imposed and collected in any such county, under the provisions of this act, shall inure to said Humane society, in aid of the benevolent objects for which it was incorporated.

Emergency.

SEC. 2. Whereas, an emergency is declared to exist, this act shall be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 1, 1885.

CRIMINAL CODE.

(H. B. 99.)

AN ACT

TO PUNISH SEDUCTION AS A CRIME.

Penalty

for seduction.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Colorado:

SECTION I. That any man who shall, under promise of marriage, seduce and have illicit connection with any unmarried female, of previous chaste character, or who

female seduced

shall, without such promise of marriage, seduce and have illicit connection with any unmarried female, of previous chaste character, under the age of sixteen years, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary, not exceeding ten years; Provided, That no conviction shall be had under Evidence of, this act on the testimony of the female seduced, unsup- must be supportported by other evidence, nor unless the indictment shall be found, or the information laid, within two years after the commission of the offense; and Provided, further, That the subsequent marriage of the parties, prior to judgment upon the indictment, or information, shall be a bar to the further prosecution of the offense.

Approved April 4, 1885.

ed by other

evidence.

CRIMINAL CODE.

(H. B. 121.)

AN ACT

TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN (215), OF CHAP-
TER TWENTY-FIVE (25), OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF THE
STATE OF COLORADO, BEING SECTION 182, OF CHAPTER 24, OF
THE GENERAL LAWS, ENTITLED "CRIMINAL CODE."

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Colorado:

mischief.

SECTION I. That section two hundred and fifteen (215), of chapter twenty-five (25), of the General Statutes of the State of Colorado, shall be amended to read as follows: SEC. 215. If any person shall unlawfully, wantonly, wilfully or maliciously cut down, break down, level, demol- Penalty for ish, or otherwise destroy or damage any bridge, embank- malicious ment, mill-dam or ditch, being the property of another; or break or destroy the windows or doors of any dwelling house, or other house, belonging to, or occupied by, another; or shall set fire to or burn, or destroy, or procure or cause to be burned or destroyed, any barrack, cock, crib, rick or stack of hay, corn, wheat, oats, barley or other

grain of any kind, being the property of another; or shall cut down, girdle or destroy any fruit tree, or shade tree, standing or growing upon the premises of another; or shall cut, pull down or destroy any gate post, railing or fence; or shall pull down, burn or destroy any pile or piles of wood, boards or planks, or other lumber, being the property of another; or shall, for malice or mischief, overturn any cart, wagon or other carriage, or run them into sloughs, holes or other places; or shall cut loose or set adrift any canoe, ferry, flat, skiff, boat or other vessel for mischief; or shall unlawfully, wantonly, wilfully, maliciously kill, wound, disfigure or destroy any horse, mare, filly, colt, gelding or burro, or any bull, ox, steer, bullock, cow, heifer or calf, or any sheep or lamb, or any hog, pig or dog, or any other useful animal, being the property of another; or shall unlawfully, wantonly, wilfully or maliciously destroy or injure the personal property of another, by any means not particularly mentioned or described in this chapter, where the value of the personal property destroyed or injured shall exceed twenty dollars, shall, on conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the State penitentiary not more than five years, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars; or where the value of the personal property destroyed or injured shall be twenty dollars or under, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

Approved April 4, 1885.

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