Chapter 415. For the punishment of seduction in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 415.— An Act For the punishment of seduction in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Penalty for seduction. That if any person shall seduce and carnally know any female of previous chaste character between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years, out of wedlock, in the District of Columbia, such seduction and carnal knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and the offender, being convicted thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or may be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 2. Not to affect statute in regard to rape. That this Act shall not be construed as repealing or modifying any statute relating to rape. Approved, March 3, 1899.