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184 ing them in attempting to disperse the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 483. Every person present at any riot, and lawfully commanded to aid the magistrates or officers in arresting any rioter, who neglects or refuses to obey such command, is deemed one of the rioters, and punishable accordingly.

Sec. 484. Every person who resists, or enters into a combination with any other person to resist the execution of any legal process, under circumstances not amounting to a riot, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.

Sec. 485. Every person who engages in, instigates, encourages or promotes, any ring or prize fight, or any other premeditated fight or contention, whether as principal, aid, second, umpire, surgeon, or otherwise, although no death or personal injury ensues, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 486. Every person who challenges another to engage in any such fight as is specified in the last section; every person who accepts any such challenge ; every person who knowingly forwards, carries or delivers any such challenge; and every person who bets, stakes or wagers any money or property upon the result of any such fight, or who undertakes to hold any money or property so betted, staked or wagered, to be delivered to or for the benefit of the winner thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 487. Any words spoken or written, or any signs uttered or made to any person, expressing or implying, or intended to express or imply a desire, request, invitation or demand to engage in any fight, such as is mentioned in section 485, are deemed a challenge within the meaning of the last section.

Sec. 488. Every person who leaves this territory with intent to elude any of the provisions of the last three sections, and to commit any act out of this territory, such as is prohibited by them, and who does any act which would be punishable under these provisions if committed within this territory, is punishable in the same manner as he would have been in case such act had been committed within this territory.