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 1332 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. any female under twenty-one years of age, with her consent, while under his instruction durin the term of his engagement as superintendent, tutor, or teacher, shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than ten. m§g§°°€¤* P“‘*“°**· Sec. 872. INDECENT PU'BLICATIONS.—WhO€V€l‘SBllS, or offers to sell, or give away, in the District, or has in his possession with intent to sell or give away or to exhibit to another, any obscene, lewd, or indecent book, pamphlet, drawing, engraving, picture, photograph, instrument, or article of indecent or immoral use, or advertises the same for sale, or writes or prints any letter, circular, handbill, book, pamphlet, or notice of any k1nd stating by what means any of such articles may be obtained, or advertises any drug, nostrum, or instrument intended to produce abortion, or gives or participates in, or by bill, poster, or otherwise advertises, any public exhibition, show, performance, or play containing obscene, indecent, or lascivious language, postures, or suggestions, or otherwise offending public decency, shall be Hned not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. S€d“°*i°¤· Sec. 873. SEDUGI·1oN.—If any person shall seduce and carnally know any female of previous chastecharacter, between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years, out of wedlock, such seduction and carnal knowled e shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and the offender, being convicted thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three ears, or fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or may be punishedy by both such fine and imprisonment. Ad““‘*’y· Sec. 874. A.DULTERY.—WhOB¥’Bl‘ com1n1ts adultery in the District shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceedin one year, or both; and when the act is committed between a married woman and a man who is unmarried both arties to such act shall be deemed guilty of adultery; and when such act is committed between a married Inan and a wpman who is unmarried, the man only shall be deemed guilty of adu tery. I¤°~‘=S¤· Sec. 875. INGESr.—If any person in the District related to another person within and not including the fourth degree of consanguinity, computed according to the rules of the Roman or civil law, shal marry or cohabit with or have sexual intercourse with such other so-related person, knowing him or her to be within said degree of relationship, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of incest, and, on conv1ction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more _ than twelve years. SUBGnA1··1·En SEVEN. M‘S°°u““"°“S· MISCELLANEOUS. P"’*’ "gh“"g· °‘°· Sec. 876. PRIZE FIGHTING, AND so FOR\Zl`II.·—AD}’ p€1‘SOll who shall voluntarily engage in a pugilistic encounter between 111811 and man or · a iight between a. man and a bull or anyiother animal, for money or for other thing of value, or for any championship, or upon the result of which any money or any thing of value is bet or wagered, or to sec which any admission fee is charged, either directly or indirectly, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished _ _ by imprisonment not less than one nor more than live years. {g,`.PE,§§l{f§§§ °“°°““` By the term ‘€pugi1istic encounter," as used in this section, is meant any voluntary fight by blows by means of fists or otherwise, whether with or without gloves, between two or more men, for money or for a prize of any character, or for any other thing of value, or for any championship, or upon the result of which any money or thing of value is bet or wagered, or to see which any admission fee is charged, either directly or indirectly.