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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 429. 1899. 126] Sec. 58. That if the owner of any ship steamboat or other vessel or. M¤l**¤ °* °¤l*il***· of any property laden or pretended to bé laden on hoard the same: or mg m'°€m°f M"';' 1f any other person concerned or assisting in the fitting out or lading of any such ship, steamboat, or other vessel, shall make out or exhibit or cause to be made out or exhibited any false or fraudulent invoice, b1ll of lading, bill of parcels, or other false estimate of any property laden or pretended to be laden on board of such ship, steamboat, or other vessel, with intent to injure or defi aud any insurer of such ship, steamboat, or other vessel or property, or any part thereof, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than three years. Sec. 59. That if any person shall falsely and knowingly represent Mckinz ccnvcynncc that he is the owner of any land to which he has no title, or shall Y,£"{L'§,S::,.{'th "" falsely represent that he is the owner of any interest or estate in any land, and shall execute any conveyance of the same with intent to defraud anyone, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than two years. Sec. 60. That if any person shall willfully break, cut away, injure, or Boom, mage. wed, destroy any boom or wharf lawfully established, being upon any river `""‘"’°°°‘ or other water in the said Districtof Alaska, or break down, injure, remove, or destroy any free or toll bridge,·railway, plank road, macadamized road, or any gate upon any such road, or any lock or embankment of any canal, such person shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than two years, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. Sec. 61. That if any person shall maliciously or wantonly set on fire smug¤¤> to pmany prairie or other grounds, other than his own or those of which he is "°‘ in the lawful possession, or shall willfully or negligently permit or suffer the fire to pass from his own grounds or premises, to the injury of another, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the countyjail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by fine not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. Sec. 62. That if any person shall malicious1y or wantonly cut down, f hiurywfrnittrcos. destroy, or injure any bush, shrub, fruit or other tree not his own, °"°°°‘ °°°‘ standing or growing for fruit, ornament, or other useful purpose, or shall willfully break the glass in or deface any building not his own, or shall willfully break down or destroy any fence or hedge belonging to or inclosing land not his own, or shall willfully throw down, or open and leave down or open any bars, gate, or fence, or hedge belonging to or inclosing land not his own, or shall maliciously or wantonly sever from the land of another any produce thereof, such person. upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by fine not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Sec. 63. That if any person shall willfully deface, break down, injure, mmgryc fc ¤¤¤¤¤· remove, or destroy any monument erected or used for the purpose of ’ ' designating the boundary of any town, tract, or parcel of land, or any tree marked for that purpose; or shall willfully break down, injure, remove, or destroy any milestone, board, or post, or any guide or finger board erected or placed upon any road or highway; or shall willfully alter, deface, or obliterate the inscription upon any such monument, stone, post, or board; or shall willfully extinguish any lamp, or break, injure, de troy, or remove any lamp, lamp-post, sign, or signpost, or any railing or posts erected upon any street, highway, sidewalk, court, or passage, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by fine not le s than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. _ Sac, 64. That if any person shall willfully enter upon the garden, *r¤:;pi:¤¤(¤g mimorchard, or other improved lands of another, or in his possession, with P"' “ " intent to cut, take .carry away, destroy, or injure the trees, grain, grass.