Chapter 1647. Increasing the penalty for certain offenses in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 1647.— An Act Increasing the penalty for certain offenses in the District of Columbia. April 21, 1906. [[H. R. 11275](/us/bill/59/hr/11275).] [[Public, No. 115](/us/pl/59/115).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Protection to property, etc., in.Vol. 30. p. 723.Vol. 27, p. 322. That the first and last paragraphs of the Act of Congress approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to amend ‘An Act for the preservation of the public peace and protection of property in the District of Columbia,’ approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety- two,” be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
" first paragraph. Wilful injury to public, etc., property.Vol. 30, p. 723, amended.“That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to wilfully or wantonly destroy, injure, disfigure, cut, chip, break, deface, or cover or rub with or otherwise place filth or excrement of any kind 127upon any property, public or private, in the District of Columbia, or any public or private building, statue, monument, office, dwelling, or structure of any kind, or which may be in course of erection, or the doors, windows, steps, railing, fencing, balconies, balustrades, stairs, porches, or halls, or the walls or sides, or the wails of any inclosure thereof; or to write, mark, or paint obscene or indecent words or language thereon, or to draw, paint, mark, or write obscene or indecent figures representing obscene or indecent objects; or to write, mark, draw, or paint any other word, sign, or figure thereon, without the consent of the owner or proprietor thereof, or, in case of public property, of the person having charge, custody, or control thereof,Penalty increased. under penalty of a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.” last paragraph.
“That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make anyIndecent exposure. obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person or their persons in any street, avenue or alley, road or highway, open space, public square, or other public place or inclosure, in the District of Columbia, or to make any such obscene or indecent exposure of person in any dwelling or other building or other place wherefrom the same may be seen in any street, avenue, alley, road or highway, open space, public square, or public or private building or inclosure, under a penalty not to exceedPenalty increased.Taking away another’s property. two hundred and fifty dollars for each and every such offense.
That the taking and carrying away of the property of another in the District of Columbia without right to do so shall be a misdemeanor, punishablePenalty increased. by a tine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not to exceed six months, or both.” " Approved, April 21, 1906.