CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 1121

be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned
in jail or in the House of Correction or in the Penitentiary for a period
not exceeding ten years, or shall be both fined and imprisoned within the
limits above prescribed in the discretion of the Court.

And in any indictment for the commission of any of the acts, hereby
declared to be offenses, it shall not be necessary to set forth the particular
unnatural or perverted sexual practice with the commission of which the
defendant may be charged, nor to set forth the particular manner in which
said unnatural or perverted sexual practice was committed, but it shall be
sufficient if the indictment set forth that the defendant committed a certain
unnatural and perverted sexual practice with, a person or animal, as the
case may be.

Telegraphs—Injury to.

An. Code, sec. 440. 1904, sec. 388. 1888, sec. 251. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 134.

488. Any person who shall unlawfully and intentionally injure, molest
or destroy any of the lines, posts, piers or abutments, or the materials or
property connected with the working of any telegraph lines, shall on convic-
tion thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county or
city jail not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court
before which the conviction shall be had.

Telegraphs and Telephones.

An. Code, sec. 441. 1904, sec. 389. 1888, sec. 252. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 135. 1900, ch. 610.

489. Any person connected with any telegraph or telephone corpora-
tion, company or individuals operating said lines for profit in this State,
either as clerk, operator, messenger, or in any other capacity, who shall
wilfully divulge the contents or nature of the contents of any private com-
munication entrusted to him for transmission or delivery, or who shall
wilfully refuse or neglect to transmit or deliver the same, shall, on convic-
tion before any court having criminal jurisdiction, be adjudged guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall suffer imprisonment in the 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, or both, in the
discretion of the court.

Theatrical Exhibitions—Waitresses.

An. Code, sec. 442. 1904, sec. 390. 1888, sec. 253. 1864, ch. 399.

490. It shall not be lawful for any proprietor, lessee or manager of
any theatre, museum or other place of amusement to employ women or girls
as waiters, or to permit them to act in such theatre or place of amusement,
or among the audience or frequenters of such theatre or place of amuse-
ment as waiters, or for the purpose or under the pretense of selling, serving,
receiving orders or pay for spirituous or malt liquors, wines, lager beer or
any other refreshments or merchandise.

37