Shall not at SEC. 2. Any person or persons who shall levy on, seize, possession of attach or take possession of any timber, lumber, ties, spiles or tach or take any timber. Wood, etc. es, spiles or wood of any description, under pretense of holding the same for non-payment of any tax, contribution, rate or fine, due the United States, or under the pretense that the same has been cut on the public lands of the United States, shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year, unless the person or persons so offending shall have been duly serving a process of court, or shall prove that the timber, lumber, ties, spiles or wood of any description, so seized by them, was cut on the public lands of the United States, within this Territory, in violation of the laws of the United States. Aiders, and abettors. Repealed. In force. SEC. 3. Any person or persons aiding, abetting or counseling the commission of any of the offenses herein described, either before or after the commission thereof, shall be regarded as principals to said felony, and, on conviction, shall be punished as such. SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts, and all laws and parts of laws of this Territory, inconsistent or coming in contact with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 13, 1873. CHAPTER XII. January. An Act amending an act Defining the Official Year of the Be it Enacted in the Council and House of Representatives SECTION 1. That in chapter forty-five, section two, session laws of 1869, the words "first day of November" be stricken out, and the words "first Monday of January" be inserted in lieu thereof. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from In force. and after its passage. Approved December 13, 1873. CHAPTER XIII. An Act in Reference to Divorces Heretofore Decreed. WHEREAS, There are doubts of the legality of some of the divorces heretofore decreed in this Territory, because of the manner in which notice of the pendency of the proceedings was given, therefore, Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: ized. SECTION 1. That all divorces heretofore decreed in the Divorces legalcourts of this Territory are hereby declared legal and valid, so far as such divorces may be illegal or invalid because of the manner in which notice of the pendency of proceedings for divorce was given. Approved December 13, 1873. CHAPTER XIV. An Act to Amend Chapter Four of the Session Laws of Wyoming Territory, approved 10th December, 1869.' Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. That section one of article four, chapter four of the laws of Wyoming, approved 10th December, A. D. 1869, is hereby amended as follows: Strike out the words Amended. which occur in the 46th and 47th lines, after the word "law," in the 46th line of said Section. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and In force. after its passage. Approved December 13, 1873. CHAPTER XV. An Act Requiring the Clerks of the District Courts of this SECTION 1. That in convictions of felony the clerk of the court in which such conviction is obtained is hereby required Clerk shall for to forward to the auditor of this Territory a copy of the sentence of the court in each cas". ward copy of sentence, e'c. In force. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 13, 1873. CHAPTER XVI. A vagrant. An Act Concerning Vagrants and Others. Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. That any person able to support himself in any respectable calling, who shall be found within the limits of this Territory without any visible means of support, and living an immoral or worthless life, shall be deemed a vagrant and upon complaint made under oath by any resident of the county, before any justice of the peace within whose jurisdiction such person may be found, it shall be the duty of such Shall be bright justice to issue a warrant, under his hand and seal, for the before a justice apprehension of such person so charged, and cause him to be brought up immediately for an examination as to the charges made, which examination by the justice shall be conducted as in other cases. Penalty. SEC. 2. Any person found guilty of petit larceny, or of being a vagrant shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the court. the justice. to work or hire SEC. 3. In cases of vagrancy, and in cases of petit lar- Jurisdiction of ceny, and in all other cases in which a justice has jurisdiction to hear and determine, when the party charged is found guilty, it shall be lawful for the justice to sentence such persons convicted to imprisonment at hard labor, or to fine them, or both; and in default of the payment of fine by such persons convicted, it shall be the duty ofthe sheriff of the proper county to set them to work on any public improvements, which he may deem proper: or, if deemed expedient by said sheriff, it shall be lawful for him to hire out persons so con- Sheriff may set victed, for such sum of money as he can most advantageously out. procure for their services. The rate of compensation to be allowed by the county for such prisoners shall be one dollar a day, and the same rate shall apply for services rendered in payment of fines imposed and costs incurred, when not paid in cash: Provided however, That any person convicted under this law, of vagrancy, may before judgment is rendered, release himself by giving to said justice a bond, with good security, conditioned that he will, for the ensuing twelve months, be an honest man, engage in some honorable employment, and support himself, and family, if he have one, without the aid and support of the county, so far as his natural abilities will enable him so to do. be paid SEC. 4. All moneys paid on account of fines, or in any way received from cases arising under the provisions of this law, shall, after deducting all costs of proceedings, be paid Moneys must into the county treasury, immediately upon its receipt: Pro- county trea vided, That if such person convicted under this law have a family, the money received for his hire only, shall after deducting all costs, be paid over to the family of such person. SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts in anywise conflicting Repealed. with the provisions of this law are hereby repealed. sury. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and In force. after its passage. Approved December 12, 1873. CHAPTER XVII. Repealed. In force. An Act to Repeal Chapter. 22, of the Laws of Wyoming Ter ritory, Approved December 2, 1869. Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. Chapter 22, of the laws of Wyoming Territory, approved December 2, 1869, being an act entitled "an act to provide for the development of the mining resources of the Territory," is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. That all rights acquired under said chapter shall remain unimpaired by this act. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its pass age. Approved December 13, 1873. CHAPTER XVIII. Repealed. In force. An Act to Repeal Chapter Seventy-three of the Laws of Wyoming Territory, Approved December 2, 1869. Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. Chapter seventy-three, of the laws of Wyoming Territory, approved December 2, 1869, being an act to provide for preserving the evidence of the official acts of officers taking acknowledgments &c., is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 13, 1873. |