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dred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
or to imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year
for the first offense, or both fine and imprisonment, Any person convicted
of a second or subsequent offense shall be subject to imprisonment for
not less than six months nor more than two years. No person shall operate
or drive, or attempt to operate or drive, a motor vehicle on the public
highways of this State in a race or in a speed contest, or on a bet or wager.
Any person violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the
first offense. In addition, the person guilty of such offense shall be sub-
ject to the revocation of his operator's license by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles as elsewhere in this sub-title provided.

All the provisions of this section shall likewise apply to the owner of
a motor vehicle who allows said vehicle to be entered or used in a race or
speed contest.

Allowing Motor Vehicles to Stand Unattended.

An. Code, sec. 153. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 153.

198. No person operating or in charge or control of any steam or
electric motor vehicle in this State shall allow the same to stand unattended
on any highway without securing or locking the lever or other device
by which the same is started or taking other reasonable precautions to
prevent such vehicle being started by unauthorized persons; and no person
operating or in charge or control of any gasoline motor vehicle shall leave
the same unattended as aforesaid without first stopping the motor, and
cutting off the electric current. Any person violating any provision of
this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject upon
conviction to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first offense.

Motor Vehicles not to be Tampered With.

An. Code, sec. 154. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 154. 1920, ch. 506, sec. 154.

199. No person shall, without authority of the owner or person in
charge thereof, climb upon or into, or hang on to any automobile, whether
the same is in motion or at rest, or hurl stones or other missiles at the same,
or at the occupants thereof, or while such motor vehicle is at rest or unat-
tended, sound any horn or other signalling device or attempt to manipu-
late any of the levers, starting crank, brakes or machinery thereof, or set
said vehicle in motion, or otherwise damage, tamper or interfere with
the same. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject, upon conviction, to a fine of
not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first offense.