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until twenty-one years of age, unless sooner discharged according to law: Provided, That no girl shall be sent to the said industrial home for girls until the sentence therein has been submitted to and approved by one of the judges of the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, or the judge of the superior court of the city of Grand Rapids, or by a circuit judge or a probate judge of the county in which such conviction shall be had. (How. 14832-3; C. L. 11765-6.)

KEEPING HOUSE OF ILL-FAME OR INDUCING WOMAN TO ENTER, ETC., FOR PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION.

193. Every person who shall keep a house of ill-fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, and every person who shall solicit, or in any manner induce a female to enter such house for the purpose of becoming a prostitute, or shall by force, fraud, deceit, or in any like manner procure a female to enter such house for the purpose of prostitution or of becoming a prostitute, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, or in the county jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (How. 14782; C. L. 11697.)

See Section 196, infra, which largely supersedes section 193.

LETTING HOUSE, KNOWING THAT IT IS TO BE used for PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION AND LEWDNESS, ETC.

194. If any person shall let any dwelling house, knowing that the lessee intends to use it as a house of ill-fame or place of resort for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness, or for the purpose of gambling for money or other property, or shall knowingly permit such lessee to use the same for such purpose, or shall receive any rent for any dwelling house, room or apartment which is used for such purposes, having reasonable cause to believe such house, room, or apartment is used for any such purpose, he shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months; but no person shall be liable for receiving rent as aforesaid for any period prior to the time when he shall have reasonable cause to believe that such house, room or apartment is used for any such purpose. (How. 14784; C. L. 11699.) See also section 202, infra.

CONVEYING TO OR EMPLOYING IN HOUSE OF ILL-FAME, FEMALE OF SEVENTEEN OR UNDER.

195. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, for any purpose whatever, to take or convey to, or to employ, receive, detain or suffer to remain in any house of prostitution, house of ill-fame, bawdy-house, house of assignation, or in any house or place for the resort of prostitutes or other disorderly persons, any female of the age of seventeen years or under. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, and, in case of non-payment of such fine when imposed, the court may make a further sentence that the

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