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 FlFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III.` OH. 429. 1899. 1269 any person to aid or assist him in any matter pertaining to the duty thereof, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more hharéonp Cyeitr, or by nne not less than fifty dollars nor more than live un re dollars. USec. 109. Thpt if any officer of said District, or of any county, town, or ,,g=lf¤9¤¤¤é2•> <¤ Mso er municipa or pu ic corporation therein. other than the governor °°°"`° °°‘ or judge of the district court shall willfully and knowingly charge f)z;h3,ip:£1&ec§;vp any} fee or comperfsation, otherlthan thzgt autgorized ori aw or any o cia service or 1 utb h officer, or shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform Eiiy  or diasxldize peffsimpinlgcig has other? with) inteint to injillrg 0; defraud anyone, or shall _ y ec or re use per orm suc u or service to the` r . of anyone, or the manifest hindrance or obstrubtion of public justijcldloi business, whether such injury, hindrance, or obstruction was particularly intended or_not, such officer, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than one year, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by a line not less than _ fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or by dismissal from office with or without either or any of such punishments. _ Sec. 110. That if any person, having the legal custody of any public inmwvg-. ·¤°*°*· record, book, paper, or writing, shall willfully destroy, secrete, or licgrgddgdls. mnnb mutilate the same; or 1f any attorney shall willfully destroy, secrete, or mutilate any such record, book, paper, or writing, or shall wrongfully take thi; sam; from the pertson hlpving ghe) legal custody thepeot, or aving o aine possession o suc recor oo paper or wri .ing lawfully, shall wrongfully refuse or neglect ai retuxtn or produce the same when lawfully required or demanded so to do such person or attorney, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than one year, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor giorelthapidpg year, or by fine not less than one hundred nor more than ve un ollars. _ CHAPTER Six. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE. Detinhtgon of riot and unlawful as-     Bistuabipg other pulilm meetings. _. 411. lr d ·tldi,. 112. Puigghuientfor participatingin riot. { 117. Caiiyidgycddsesslgal isefipilnii. lf; 113. Distmrbapce of the peace in towns l 118. Penalty for carrying concealed ani vil ages. ‘ weapons. 114. Disturbing religious meetings. Sec. 111. That any use of force or violence, or any threat to use ¤g¤¤¤lI¤i¤¤} {of ri¤• force or violence, if accompanied by immediate power of execution, by Bf,-, `"' " " ””°"'“ three or more persons acting together and without authority of law, is riot. Whenever three or more persons assemble with intent, or with means and preparations, to do an unlawful act, which would be riot if actually committed, but do no act toward the commission thereof, or whenever such persons assemble without authority of law, and in such manner as is adapted to disturb the public peace or excite public alarm, or disguised in a manner to prevent them from being identined, such an assembly is an unlawful assembly. · Sec. 112. That if any person shall be guilty of participating in any .?¤¤*P'*¤%°¤°'°*v·¤· riot, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as follows; °°`p°mg m rm First. If any felony or misdemeanor was committed in the course of such riot}, such person shall be punished in the same manner as the principa in suc crime; Second. If such person carried at the time of such riot any species of dangerous weapon, or was disguised, or encouraged or solicited V other persons who participated in the riots to acts of force or violence,