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 Firrr-sixrH ooueaass. sm. 11. ce. sti. 1901. 1323 employed as an acrobat, or a gymnast, or a contortionist, or a circus rider, or a ropewalke1·, or in any exhibition of like dangerous character, or as a beggar, or mendicant, or pauper, or street singer, or street musician; or any person who shall take, receive, hire, employ, use, exhibit, or have in custody any child of the age last named for any of the purposes last enumerated, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeano1·, and, when convicted thereof, shall be subject to punishment —P*’“““>'- by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both. ' Sec. 815. LIBEL.—·WhO€V€1‘ publishes a libel shall be punished by L“’°’· a iine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceedingvfive years, or both. Sec. 816. HAT IS PUBLICATION.-TO knowingly send or deliver- "`*‘**°*S¤"“’“°**“"“· any libelous communication to the part libeled is a sufficient publication to subject the person sending or drelivering the same to punishment as aforesaid. Sec. S17. JUs*r1F1oAT1oN.—Any publication of a libel shall be justi— ·l"S““°*‘“""· fied if it appear that the matter charged as libelous was true and was published with good motives and for justitiable ends. Sec. 818. FALSE onaaens or UNCHASTITX'.··WhO€V'€1‘ wrongfully c,£;§§§.f’*"**g"""‘ ““‘ accuses any woman of unchastity shall be punished by a iine not ` exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, and shall also be liable to a civil action for damages by the party injured. Sec. 819. BLACKhIAIL.*·WhOGVB1' verbally or in writing accuses or Bluckmm threatens to accuse any other person of a crime or of any conduct which, if true, would tend to disgrace such other p€1'S0l1, or in anyway subject hin1 to the ridicule or contempt of society, or threatens to expose or publish any of his iniirmities or failings, with intent to extort from such other person anything of value or any pecuniary advantage whateve1·, or to compel the person accused or threatened to do or to refrain from doing any act, and whoever with such intent publishes any such accusation against any other person shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both. SUBCHAPTER Two, OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY. ,_,f,’,§${;.$““ *‘*"“"‘ Sec. 820. ARsoN.—\Vhoever shall maliciously burn or attempt to Amnburn any dwelling, or house, barn, or stable adjoining thereto, or any store, barn, or outhouse, or any shop, office, stable, store, warehouse, " or any other building, or any steamboat, vessel, canal boat, or other water craft, or any railroad car, the property, in whole or in part, of another person, or any church, meeting ouse, schoolhouse, or any of the public buildings in the District, belonging to the United States o1· to the District of Columbia, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years. . - Sec. 821. `Whoever maliciously burns or sets firc to any dwelling, ;gg;§f{}g his °“’“ shop, barn, stable, store, or warehouse or other building, or any steam- ‘ " boat, vessel, canal boat, or other water craft, or any gloods, wares, o1· merchandise, the same being his own property, in w ole or in part, with intent to defraud or injure any other person, shall be imprisoned for not more than fifteen years. - Sec. 822. Whoever shall maliciously burn or set fire to any fences,  *‘“°k” °* woods, stacks of hay, grain, or straw, or growing crops, the property,' in whole or in part, of another, shall be imprisoned for not more than thirty days or be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both. Sec. S23. HoUsEBnEAx1xo.—W hoover shall, either in the night H¤¤sebr¤¤ki¤¤s. or in the daytime, break and enter, or enter without breaking, any