ART. 27] OPIUM POINTS. 431

1904, art. 27, sec. 345. 1888, art. 27, sec. 225. 1886, ch. 127, sec. 5.

378. The four preceding sections shall not apply to druggists or
physicians, or others engaged in the legitimate use or sale of opium.

Pandering.

1910, ch. 25 (p. 92).

379. Any person who takes, places, harbors, inveighs, entices, per-
suades, encourages, either by threats or promise, or by any device or
scheme takes or places, or causes to be taken or placed, any female into
a house of ill-fame or of assignation or elsewhere, against her will, for
the purpose of prostitution or illegal sexual intercourse, or takes or
detains a female unlawfully against her will, with the intent to compel
her by force, threats, persuasions, menace or duress, to marry him, or
to marry any other person, or to be defiled, or any person who, being
parent, guardian or having legal charge of the charge of a female,* con-
sents to her taking or detention by any person for the purpose of prosti-
tution or illegal sexual intercourse, is guilty of pandering, and upon
conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than
two nor more than twelve years, and fined not more than five thousand
dollars, in the discretion of the court.
As to adultery, see section 5.

1910, ch. 25 (p. 92).

380. Any person who shall place any female in the charge or cus-
tody of any person or persons for immoral purposes, or in a house of
prostitution with the intent that she shall live a life of prostitution, or
any person who shall compel any female to reside with him or with any
other person for immoral purposes, or for the purpose of prostitution,
or compel her to live a life of prostitution, is guilty of pandering, and
upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thou-
sand dollars and imprisoned not less than one or more than ten years.

1910, ch. 25 (p. 92).

381. Any person who shall receive any money or other valuable
thing for or on account of procuring for or placing in a house of prosti-
tution or elsewhere, any female for the purpose of causing her to cohabit
with any male person or persons, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon
conviction thereof shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less
than three nor more than ten years.

1910, ch. 25 (p. 92).

382. Any person who, by force, fraud, intimidation or threats,
places or leaves, or procures any other person or persons to place or
leave his wife in a house of prostitution or to lead a life of prostitution,
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be sen-
tenced to the penitentiary for not less than three nor more than ten
years.

*This line is just as it appears in the official copy of the acts of 1910.