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State Penitentiary— Convicts 424 A. Record of criminals to be kept. 434 B. State's Attorney to forward criminal history of convict. 424 v. To -whom such record may be accessible. 424 D. Bertillon method to be adopted for describing con- victs. 424 B. Copy of description to be fur-

nished, upon request of war- den or other officers. 424 F. Such description to be fur- nished upon order of superin- tendent of police. State Penitentiary — Removal of Insane Convicts. 433 A. Powers of board of directors as to such removals.

Abduction of Females Under Eighteen Years.

1890, ch. 448.

1. Any person who shall for purposes of prostitution, fornica-
tion or concubinage, forcibly abduct from her home or usual
place of abode, or from the custody and control of her parent or
parents or guardian, any female under the age of eighteen years,
or be accessory thereto, or who shall for said purpose persuade
or entice from her usual place of abode, or from the custody and
control of her parent or parents or guardian, any such female, or
be accessory thereto, or shall knowingly secrete or harbor any
such female so abducted, persuaded or enticed as aforesaid,
against the consent of her parent or parents or guardian, or the per-
son or persons who may have the temporary care, custody or con-
trol of such female, or be accessory thereto, shall, upon conviction,
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall undergo imprison-
ment in the penitentiary, in the discretion of the court, not
exceeding the term of eight years; provided, that nothing con-
tained in this section shall apply to cases pending nor to violations
of the law which have heretofore occurred, but all such cases
and violations shall be prosecuted as if the law hereby repealed
were still in force.

Bawdy Houses and Houses of Ill-Fame.

1892, ch. 522.

16 A. Any person who shall be convicted of the crime of
keeping a bawdy house or house of ill-fame, shall be fined a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisoned in jail or the
house of correction for a period not exceeding one year, or both
fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court; and upon,
the trial of any person charged with keeping a bawdy house or