208 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 30.

manner as if such husband had died intestate, and she had sur-
vived him, which third part shall be divided and allotted to her
in the same manner as distribution is made of the personal
estate of intestates; and if the said offender be a man, he shall, on I
conviction, forfeit his claim or title as tenant by the curtesy,
and also all his claim or title to any estate, personal or mixed,
which he may have in right of his first wife; and if the said offender
be a woman, she shall, on conviction, forfeit her claim to dower
of the estate of her first husband, and also her distributive share
of his personal estate which she would be entitled to if he had

died intestate, and she had survived him.

BLASPHEMY.

12. If any person, by writing or speaking, shall blaspheme or
curse God, or shall write or utter any profane words of and
concerning our Saviour, Jesus Christ, or of and concerning the
Trinity, or any of the persons thereof, he shall, on conviction, be
fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more
than six months, or both fined and imprisoned as aforesaid, at the
discretion of the court.

13. Every person that shall profanely swear or curse in the
presence and hearing of any magistrate, sheriff, coroner, county
clerk or constable, or be convicted thereof before any magistrate,
by the oath of one lawful witness, or confession of the party,
shall for the first oath or curse be fined twenty-five cents, and for
every oath or curse after the first, fifty cents.

BOUNDARIES.

14. No person under any pretence whatsoever, shall cut down
or otherwise destroy any boundary or bounded trees, either of
his own lands or of the lands of any other person whatsoever,
even although such boundary or bounded trees should stand
within the person's own land so cutting down and destroying the
same, under the penalty of one hundred dollars for every such
offence.

15. If any person shall, without lawful authority, either at
random or for his own pleasure, bound any tree or trees in the
woods or upon his own lands, or shall bound any tree or trees, or
set up other boundaries for his own or others' land, in lieu and
place of any original boundary or bounded tree that is any