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thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of
the court before which the conviction shall be had.

120. Any person connected with any telegraph company in
this State, either as clerk, operator, messenger, or in any other
capacity, who shall wilfully divulge the contents or the nature
of the contents of any private communication intrusted to him
for transmission or delivery, or who shall wilfully refuse or
neglect to transmit or deliver the same, shall, on conviction
before any court, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
suffer imprisonment in the county jail in the county or city where
such conviction shall be had, for a term of not more than three
months, or shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, in
the discretion of the court.

121. If the wires or cords of any telegraph line be located or
stretched or extended from one post or pole to another in such
manner as to prevent the owner of any timber growing along
the line of such telegraph from cutting and felling the same, and
the owner thereof in cutting or felling such timber shall injure
the wires, cords or posts of such telegraph line, he shall not be
liable to an action for damages, unless it shall appear that in
cutting and felling, or in having the same cut and felled, the said
owner wilfully and intentionally injured such wires, cords and
posts.

ARTICLE XXVII.
Costs.

SEC. 1. The costs and expenses incident to the trial of actions,
issues and presentments removed from one county to another
which are properly chargeable to the county, shall be borne and
paid by the county from which the same are removed.

2. The clerk of the several courts to which such eases may be
removed shall make and keep a full and accurate account of the
said costs and expenses, and shall certify and return the same as
well to the county commissioners of the county where said cases
originated as to the county commissioners of the county where