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–447– -447(3) after obtaining credit at a hotel, inn, guesthouse, lodginghouse, boardinghouse, or restaurant, absconds or surreptitiously removes his baggage therefrom without paying for his food or accommodation— shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1035. Misrepresentation of newspaper circulation Whoever, being the proprietor or publisher of a newspaper or periodical, willfully and knowingly misrepresents the circulation thereof for the purpose of securing advertising or other patronage, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1036. Failure to give proper tax or license receipts Whoever: (1) uses or gives any receipt, except that prescribed by law, as evidence of payment of any tax or license of any kind; (2) receives payment of such a tax or license without delivering the receipt prescribed by law; or (3) inserts the name of more than one licensee therein— shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1037. Possession of Improper blank licenses or tax receipts Whoever has in his possession, with intent to circulate or sell, blank licenses or tax receipts other than those furnished by the proper authority, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years. § 1038. Fraudulent production of infant with intent to intercept inheritance Whoever fraudulently produces an infant, falsely pretending it to have been born of a parent whose child would be entitled to inherit, with intent to intercept the inheritance, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years. § 1039. Substitution of one child for another Whoever, to whom an infant has been confided for nursing, education or any other purpose, with intent to deceive a parent or guardian of the child, substitutes or produces to the parent or guardian another child in place of the one so confided, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than seven years. CHAPTER 57—HABEAS CORPUS OFFENSES Sec.

1071. Failure to obey writ of habeas corpus. 1072. Imprisonment of person discharged upon writ. 1073. Eluding service of writ.

§ 1071. Failure to obey writ of habeas corpus Whoever, being an officer or other person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed, after service thereof, neglects or refuses to obey the command of the writ, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 1072. Imprisonment of person discharged upon writ Whoever, either solely or as a member of a court, knowingly and unlawfully recommits, imprisons or restrains of his liberty, for the same cause, a person who has been discharged upon a writ of habeas corpus, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.

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