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the Executive Power. which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, shall be influenced thereby, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one and not exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both; and in addition thereto, forfeits his office and is forever disqualified from holding any public office under this state.

§ 6905. Preventing officer's duty. Every person who attempts, by means of any threat or violence, to deter or prevent any executive officer from performing any duty imposed upon such officer by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6906. Resisting officer. Every person who knowingly resists, by the use of force or violence, any executive officer in the performance of his duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6907. Taking unlawful fees. Every executive officer who asks or receives any emolument, gratuity or reward, or any promise of any emolument, gratuity or reward, excepting such as may be authorized by law, for doing any official act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6908. Omitting or delaying official acts for reward. Every executive officer who asks or receives any emolument, gratuity or reward, or any promise of any emolument, gratuity or reward, for omitting or deferring the performance of any official duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

'''§ 1909. Fees for services not rendered. Advance fees.''' Every executive officer who asks or receives any fee or compensation for any official service which has not been actually rendered, except in cases of charges for prospective costs, or of fees demandable in advance in the cases allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

'''§ 6910. Taking unlawful reward. Fugitives from justice.''' Every officer of this state who asks or receives any compensation, fee or reward of any kind, for any service rendered or expense incurred in procuring from the governor of this state a demand upon the executive authority of a state or territory of the United States, for the surrender of a fugitive from justice, or of any service rendered or expense incurred in procuring the surrender of such fugitive, or of conveying him to this state or for detaining him therein, except upon an employment by the governor of this state, and upon an account duly audited and paid out of the state treasury, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6911. Buying appointments to office. Every person who gives or agrees or offers to give any gratuity or reward in consideration that himself or any other person shall be appointed to any public office, or shall be permitted to, or to exercise, perform or discharge the prerogatives or duties of any office, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not less than six months nor more than two years, or by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both.

§ 6912. Selling appointments to office. Every person who, directly or indirectly, asks or receives or promises to receive any gratuity or reward, or any promise of a gratuity or reward, for appointing another person or procuring for another person an appointment to any public office, or any clerkship, deputation or other subordinate position in any public office, is punishable by imprisonment in the