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§§ 7494-7498 year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and, in addition thereto, he forfeits any license he may hold to act as an auctioneer, and is forever disqualified from receiving a license to act as auctioneer within this state.

CHAPTER 53.

FRAUDULENTLY FITTING OUT AND DESTROYING VESSELS.

$ 7494. Officer willfully destroying vessel. Every captain or other officer or person in command or charge of any vessel, who, within this state, willfully wrecks, sinks or otherwise injures or destroys such vessel, or any cargo in such vessel, or willfully permits the same to be wrecked, sunk or otherwise injured or destroyed, with intent to prejudice or defraud an insurer or any other person, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.

§ 7495. Others, same. Every person other than such as are embraced within the last section, who is guilty of an act therein prohibited, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years and not less than three.

§ 7496. Fitting out vessel with intent to wreck. Every person guilty of fitting out any vessel, or lading any cargo on board of any vessel, with intent to cause or permit the same to be wrecked, sunk or otherwise injured or destroyed, and thereby to prejudice or defraud an insurer or any other person, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years and not less than three.

§ 7497. Making false manifest. Every person guilty of preparing, making or subscribing, any false or fraudulent manifest, invoice, bill of lading, boat's register or protest, with intent to defraud another, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one and not exceeding three years, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.

CHAPTER 54.

FRAUDULENT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IXSU'RED.

§ 7498. Destroying property insured. Every person who willfully burns or in any other manner injures or destroys any property whatever, which is at the time insured against loss or damage by fire or by any other casualty, with intent to defraud or prejudice the insurer. whether the same is the property of such person or of any other, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceediing seven years and not less than four. 1318