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Crimes Against Revenue. ment prescribed therefor by law, is forever disqualified after his conviction therefor, from being licensed to act as an auctioneer within this territory.

§ 6710. Every auctioneer, and every partner or clerk of an auctioneer, and every person whatever in any way connected in business with an auctioneer, who wilfully omits to render any semi-annual or other account by law required to be rendered, at the time or in the manner prescribed by law, or who wilfully omits to pay over any duties legally payable by him at the time and in the manner prescribed by law, is guilty of a misde­meanor.

§ 6711. Every auctioneer, and every partner or clerk of any auctioneer, and every person whatever in any way connected in business with an auctioneer, who commits any fraud or deceit, or by any fraudulent means whatever seeks to evade or defeat the provisions of the laws of this territory relating- to auctions, now in force, or that may hereafter be enacted, 1s guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor is liable in treble damages to any party injured thereby.

§ 6712. Every person whose duty it may be to deliver to any collector of tolls upon any canal that hereafter may be con­structed and owned by this territory, a bill of lading of any prop­erty transported upon any such canal, who knowingly delivers a false bill of lading as true, or makes or signs a false bill of lad­ing intending to be delivered as true, is punishable by imprison­ment in the territorial prison not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five times the value of any property omitted in such bill, or both.

§ 6713. Every weigh master upon any canal that may hereafter be constructed and owned by this territory, and every clerk of such weigh master, who knowingly makes a false entry of the weight of any boat, or cargo of any boat navigating such canal, or who knowingly makes a false certificate of the light weight of any boat. is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6714. Every person who wilfully burns, destroys, or injures any public building or improvement in this territory, is punishable by imprisonment in the territorial prison not exceed­ing five years.

§ 6715. Every person who enters any fort, magazine, arsenal, armory, arsenal yard, or encampment, and seizes or takes away any arms, ammunition, military stores or supplies belonging to the people of this territory, and every person who enters any such place with intent so to do, is punishable by imprisonment in the territorial prison not exceeding ten years.

§ 6716. Every person who, in making any statement, oral or written, which is required or authorized by law to be made as the basis of imposing any tax or assessment, or of an application to reduce any tax or assessment, wilfully states any material matter which he knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor.