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burn, girdle, or attempt to girdle, or otherwise damage or destroy, or
attempt to damage or destroy, any standing or growing timber or trees
thereon without the written consent first had and obtained of the owner
thereof, or under the personal direction of such owner, and any violation
of this Section shall constitute a misdemeanor and any person convicted
thereof before a Justice of the Peace or other court of proper jurisdiction
shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars or more than twenty-
five dollars, or by imprisonment of not less than thirty or more than ninety
days, or both, provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall apply
to the trimming of trees under the supervision of the State Board of
Forestry.

Turnpikes.

An. Code, sec. 475. 1904, sec. 422. 1900, ch. 546.

526. Every turnpike company or other toll road in this State shall
cause a bright light to reflect upon their toll bars or gates when down dur-
ing the hours of darkness, and upon indictment and conviction for any
violation of the provisions of this section such company or companies shall
be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
As to " Turnpike Companies," see art. 23, sec. 314, et seq.

Vagrants and Tramps.

An. Code, sec, 476. 1904, sec. 423. 1888, sec. 273. 1876, ch. 392. 1882, ch. 480.

527. Any person having in his care, custody or control any child under
the age of sixteen years, whether as parent, guardian, relative, employer
or otherwise, who shall sell, apprentice or give away, let out or otherwise
dispose of any such child to any person under any name, title or pretense
whatever, and any person, whether as parent, guardian, relative, em-
ployer or otherwise, who shall take, receive, hire, employ, use or have in
custody any such child for the vocation, use, occupation, calling, service
or purpose of singing, playing on musical instruments, rope walking, danc-
ing, peddling, begging or any mendicant or wandering business whatsoever
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before any competent tribunal to which such person may be committed for
trial shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred and fifty,
dollars, or be imprisoned in a county jail for not less than thirty days nor
more than a year, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment in the discre-
tion of the said tribunal; one-half of all fines so imposed to be paid to the
informer.

As to rogues and vagabonds, see sec. 482.

An. Code, sec. 477. 1904, sec. 424. 1888, sec. 274. 1882, ch. 480.

528. If on examination before any court or justice of the peace it shall
be proved that any child was engaged in any business or vocation, desig-
nated or mentioned in the preceding section, such child shall be deemed a
vagrant and committed to any reformatory institution to which vagrant
minors may be committed under the laws of this State.