Chapter 120.
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CHAP. 120.— An act to punish, as a felony, the carnal and unlawful knowing of any female under the age of sixteen years.February 9, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Carnal and unlawful knowledge of females under sixteen to he felony. That every person who shall carnally and unlawfully know any female under the age of sixteen years, or who shall be accessory to such carnal and unlawful knowledge before the fact in the District of Columbia or other place, except the territories, over which the United States has exclusive jurisdiction; or on any vessel within the admiralty or maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of any State or Territory, shall be guilty of a felony, and when convicted Punishment.thereof shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor, for the first offense for not. more than fifteen years, and for each subsequent offense not more than thirty years.
Approved, February 9, 1889.