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§§ 7849-7857 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.

§ 7349. Challenge to prize fight. 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.

§ 7350. Acts constituting challenge. 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 7348; are deemed a challenge within the meaning of the last section.

§ 7351. Leaving state to engage in prize fight. Every person who leaves this state with the intent to elude any of the provisions of the last three sections, and to commit any act out of this state such as is prohibited by therein, and who does any act which would be punishable under such provisions, if committed within this state, is punishable in the same manner as he would have been in case such act had been committed within this state.

§ 7352. Place of trial. Such person may be prosecuted and tried in any county within this state.

§ 7353. Duty of peace officers regarding prize fights. It is the duty of all sheriffs, constables, policemen and watchmen, who have reasonable grounds to believe that any offense specified in section 7348 is about to be committed within their jurisdiction, to make complaint under the provisions of this chapter to some magistrate within their jurisdiction.

§ 7354. Neglect a misdemeanor. Every sheriff, constable, policeman or watchman, who willfully neglects the duty prescribed by the last section, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, he forfeits his office.

§ 7355. Forcible entry or detainer of lands. Every person guilty of using or procuring, encouraging or assisting another to use any force or violence in entering upon or detaining any lands or other possessions of another, except in the cases and manner allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 7366. Returning to lands after removal. Every person who has been removed from any landls by process of law, or who has removed from any lands pursuant to the lawful adjudication or direction of any court, tribunal or officer, and who afterward, with out authority of law, returns to settle or reside upon such lands, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 7357. Unlawful intrusions upon lots. Every person who intrudes or squats upon any lot or piece of land within the bounds of any incorporated city or village, without license or authority from the owner thereof, or who erects or occupies thereon any hut, hovel, shanty or other structure whatever, without such license or authority: and every person who places, erects or occupies within the bounds of any street or avenue of such city or village, any hut, hovel, shanty or other structure whatever, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 1299