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demeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or 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.

Penalty.

135. Any person connected with any such corpora-
tion in this state, either as clerk, operator, messenger,
or in any other capacity, who shall wilfully divulge
the contents, or the nature of the contents of any pri-
vate communication entrusted to him for transmission
or delivery, or who shall wilfully refuse or neglect to
transmit or deliver the same, shall, on conviction
before any court be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor,

Divulging con-
tents of com-
munications.

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, in the discretion of the
court.

Penalty.

136. If the wires or cords of a'ny telegraph line be
located or stretched, or extended from one post or pole
to another in such manner as to prevent the owner of
any timber growing along the line of such telegraph
corporation from cutting and felling the same, and the
owner thereof in cutting or felling such timber shall
injure the wires, cords or posts of such telegraph line,

Injuring wires,
posts, &c., by
cutting timber
near by.

he shall not be liable to an action for damages, unless
it shall appear that in such cutting and felling, or in
having the same cut or felled, the said owner wilfully
and intentionally injured such wires, cords and posts.

Action far-dam-
ages.

FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES.

137. Any corporation formed under this article for
manufacturing purposes, may change or extend its busi-
ness to any other manufacturing business subject to the
provisions and liabilities in this article prescribed with
reference to such corporations; and whenever any such
corporation shall desire to change or enlarge its busi-
ness, it shall take such steps and proceed in all respects
as is in sections seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-

Power to

change or
extend busi-
ness.