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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 429. 1899. 1255 other female person shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than twenty years nor less than three years. Sec. 16. That whoever, with malicious intent to maim or disiigure, Mwbemcuts, bites, or slit the nose, ear, or lip, outs out or disables the tongue, puts out or destroys an eye, cuts of or disables a limb or any member of another person, or whoever, with like intent, throws or pours upon or throws at another person, any scalding hot water, v1triol,or other corrosive acid or caustic substance, or whoever, with like intent, assaults another person with any dangerous instrument whatever, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than twenty years nor less than one year. , Sec. 17. That whoever maliciously shoots, stabs, cut, or shoots at S¤•>¤*i¤2s· vqttiqz. another person, with intent to kill, wound, or maim such person, shall ¥Z¤Z2.bi.'iii?sZiu` m` be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than twenty years nor less than one year. Sec. 18. That whoever assaults another with intent to kill, or to com- t ·'yf,•¤¤> W¤¤¤,i¤¢¤¤¤ mit rape or robbery upon the person so assaulted, shall be imprisoned .3 mst2E,?"" ""’° in the penitentiary not more than fifteen years nor less than one year. Sec. 19. That whoever hghts a duel, or is second to a person who Duelingiights a duel, or challenges another to iight a duel, or accepts a challenge to fight a duel, or is knowingly the bearer of such challenge, or shall be present at the iightin g of such duel as aid or surgeon, or shall advise, encourage, or promote such duel, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten years nor less than one year. Sec. 20. That whoever shall in any manner post another, or in writ of¤=¤¤zs¤¤¤¢l¤¤r M ing or print use any reproachful or contemptnous language to or con- " °"g“g"'“ i" °°°l° cerning another for not fighting a duel, or for not sending or accepting a challenge to ight a duel, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than two years nor less than one year. ` Sec. 21. That whoever shall assault, or assault and beat another Assaqh. being with a cowhide, whip, stick, or like thing, having at the time in his $‘,,'.'{{,Y° '""' " °'"" possession a pistol, dirk, or other deadly weapon, with intent to intimi- ` date and prevent such other from resisting or defending himself, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than ten years nor less than one year. Sec. 22. That whoever intentionally, and without malice, points or Mfl¤i:fi¤f¤~pm¤;·¤ aims any nrearm at or toward any person, or discharges any tirearm sums °:Jlir"‘hY1°lu·iJ§ so pointed or aimed, or maims or injures any person by the discharge '**°"=*>F· of any firearm so pointed or aimed, shall be tlned not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Thi section shall not extend to any case where firearms are used in selfdefense or in the discharge of otheial duty, or in case of justifiable homicide. Sec. 23. That whoever administers poison to a person, with intent A·lmln1»e¤m»g polto kill or injure such person, or mingles poi on with food, drink, or '°"‘ medicine, with intent to kill or injure any human being, or willfully poisons any well, spring, cistern, or reservoir of water, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than fifteen years nor less than two ears. y Sec. 24. That whoever, being armed with a dangerous weapon, hall Assault wm. » um. assault another with such weapon, shall be punished by imprisonment ¥°"‘“° "°‘*’°“· in the penitentiary not more than ten years nor less than six months, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year nor less than one month, or by une not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. Sec. 25. That whoever, not being armed with a dangerous weapon, Amin: or mma unlawfully assaults or threatens another in a menacing manner, or ‘“"‘ "°“°'Y· unlawfully strikes or wounds another, shall be lined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or both. _ Sec. 26. That whoever, by force or violence, or by putting in fear, _1?bb•ry, pockse steals and takes from the person of another anything of value, is guilty *’"’ ‘“g‘