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Rh territory and all public and private corporations, or joint associations, as well as individuals.

Sec. 779. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.

Sec. 780. Words used in the masculine gender, comprehend as well the feminine and neuter.

Sec. 781. Words used in the present tense include the future, but exclude the past.

Sec. 782. Whenever, by any of the provisions of this Code an intent to defraud is required, in order to constitute any offense, it is sufficient if an intent appears to defraud any person, association, or body politic or corporate whatever.

Sec. 783. The omission to specify or affirm in this Code any liability to any damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy, imposed by law, and allowed to be recovered or enforced in any civil action or proceeding, for any act or omission declared punishable herein does not effect any right to recover or enforce the same.

Sec. 784. The omission to specify or affirm in this Code any ground of forfeiture of a public office or other trust or special authority conferred by law, to impeach, remove, depose or suspend any public officer or other person holding any trust, appointment or other special authority conferred by law, does not affect such forfeiture or power, or any proceeding authorized by law to carry into effect such impeachment, removal, deposition or suspension.

Sec. 785. This Code does not affect any power conferred by law upon any court martial or other military authority or officer to impose or inflict punishment upon offenders; nor any power conferred by law upon any public body, tribunal or officer, to impose or inflict punishment for a contempt; nor any provisions of the laws relating to apprentices, bastards, disorderly persons, Indians and vagrants.

Sec. 786. The practice and procedure as established by chapter 1, of the laws of 1862-63, entitled “An act to provide for a criminal code for the territory of Dakota,” approved January 9th, 1863, so far as applicable to this code, shall remain in full force and effect.