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§§ 7022-7027 1. Any building, established as a court house for the holding of courts of record, while any session of such court is being held therein; or,

2. Any building established as a jail or prison; or,

3. Any building or shed, out-house, porch, yard or curtilage appertaining to any building which, or any part of which, is at the time occupied or used for holding the polls at an election of any public officer of this state, or for canvassing votes cast at such election,

Is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 7022. Misconduct of attorneys. Every attorney who, whether as attorney or as counselor, either:

1. Is guilty of any deceit or collusion or consents to any deceit or collusion, with intent to deceive the court or any party; or,

2. Willfully delays his client's suit, with a view to his own gain; or,

3. Willfully receives any money or allowance for or on account of any money which he has not laid out or become answerable for,

İs guilty of a misdemeanor; and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor by this code, he forfeits to the party injured treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action.

§ 7023. Permitting name to be used. If any attorney knowingly permits any person, not being his general law partner or a clerk in his office, to sue out any process or to prosecute or defend any action in his name, except as authorized by the next section, such attorney and every person who shall so use his name, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 7024. Exception. In what case lawful. Whenever an action or proceeding is authorized by law to be prosecuted or defended in the name of the state or of any public officer, board of officers or municipal corporation, on behalf of another party, the attorney general or state's attorney or attorney of such public officer or board or corporation may permit any proceeding therein to be taken in his name by an attorney to be chosen by the party in interest.

§ 7025. Pretonse to birth of child. Every person who fraudulently produces an infant, falsely pretending it to have been born of any parent whose child would be entitled to inherit any real estate or to receive a share of any personal estate, with intent to intercept the inheritance of any such real estate, or the distribution of any such personal estate, from any person lawfully entitled thereto. is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one and not exceeding ten years.

§ 7026. Substituting child. Every person to whom an infant has been confided for nursing, education or any other purpose, who, with intent to deceive any parent or guardian of such child, substitutes or products to such parent or guardian another child in the place of the one so confided, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one and not exceeding seven years.

§ 7027. Omission of duty by officer of vessel. Every owner, master or commander of any vessel arriving from a port without this state, who knowingly lands, or permits to land, at any port, city or place within this state any passenger or hand who is a foreign convict of any crime which, if committed in this state, would be punishable therein, without giving notice thereof to the mayor of such city or other principal municipal officer of such place or port, is guilty of a misdemeanor.