Section 1. Chapter 98, General Statutes, 1913, is hereby amended by adding thereto, after Section 8703, a new section to be known as Section 8703-A, as follows: 8703-A. Issue of Fornication-Abandonment. If issue is conceived of fornication, and within the period of gestation or within sixty days after the birth of a living child the father absconds from the state with intent to evade proceedings to establish his paternity of such child, he is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than two years. Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of January, 1918. 8700. Incest.-Whenever any male and female persons, nearer of kin to each other than first cousins, computing by the rules of the civil law, whether of the half or the whole blood, shall have sexual intercourse together, each shall be guilty of incest, and be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years. (4949) 18628. Defined-How punished. Every person who shall wilfully: 1st. Seize, confine or inveigle another, with intent to cause him, without authority of law, to be secretly confined or imprisoned within the state, or sent out of it, to be sold as a slave, or in any way held to service, or kept or detained against his will; 2nd. Lead, take, entice or detain a child under the age of sixteen years, with intent to keep or conceal him from his parents, guardian, or other person having lawful care or control of him, or to extort or obtain money or reward for his return or disposition, or with intent to steal any article upon his person; or, 3rd. Abduct, entice, or, by force or fraud, unlawfully take or carry away another, at or from a place without the state, or procure, advise, aid, or abet such abduction, enticing, taking, or carrying away, and shall afterwards send, bring, or keep such person, or cause him to be kept or secreted, within this state Shall be guilty of kidnapping and punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than forty years. (R. L. § 4900, amended '09 c. 325 § 1) 8629. Selling services of person kidnapped.-Every person who, within this state or elsewhere, shall sell or in any manner transfer for any term the services or labor of any person who has been forcibly taken, inveigled, or kidnapped in or from the state, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years. (4901) H. Cruelty and Abuse. An act to amend Section 8683, General Statutes, 1913, relating to Chapter 240, Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Misdemeanor for torturing, tormenting or abusing child under 18 years of age.-Section 8683, General Statutes, 1913, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 8683. Every person who shall torture, torment, or cruelly or unlawfully punish any child under the age of eighteen years, or who shall commit any act of cruelty toward such child, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Chapter 209, An act to amend Section 8684, General Statutes, 1913, relating to Section 1. Misdemeanor for unlawful confinement of feeble-minded persons.-Section 8684, General Statutes, 1913, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 8684. Every person who shall confine a lunatic, insane or feeble-minded person in any other manner or in any other place than is authorized by law, or who shall be guilty of harsh, cruel, or unkind treatment of, or neglect of duty toward, any feeble-minded person, lunatic or insane person under confinement, whether lawfully or unlawfully confined, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. I. Dangerous Weapons-Sale and Use. Chapter 243, Section 1. Manufacturing or sale of certain weapons prohibited under penalty of gross misdemeanor.-Section 8770, General Statutes, 1913, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 8770. Every person who shall manufacture, or cause to be manufactured, sell, keep for sale, offer, or dispose of, any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as a slung-shot, sand-club, or metal knuckles; or who shall attempt to use against another, or with intent so to use, shall carry, conceal, or possess, any of the weapons hereinbefore specified, or any dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other dangerous weapon, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. The possession by any person, other than a public officer, of any such weapon concealed or furtively carried on the person shall be presumptive evidence of carrying, concealing, or possessing with intent to use the same. An act regulating the sale of firearms and ammunition. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Selling of firearms and ammunition prohibited in certain cases.-No person, in any city in this state, shall sell, give, loan or in any wise furnish any firearm or ammunition to a minor under the age of eighteen years without the written consent of his parents or guardian, or of a police officer or magistrate of such city. Sec. 2. Penalty.-Any person who violates any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor. 8804. Use of firearms by minors.-No minor under the age of fourteen years shall handle, or have in his possession or under his control, except while accompanied by or under the immediate charge of his parent or guardian, any firearms of any kind for hunting or target practice or any other purpose. Every person violating any of the foregoing provisions, or aiding or knowingly permitting any such minor to violate the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (5025) Chapter 244, Page 354. An act to amend Section 8705, General Statutes, 1913, relating to Chapter 241, the sale and distribution of obscene literature. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Gross misdemeanor for selling or distributing obscene literature.-Section 8705, General Statutes, 1913, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 8705. Every person who 1. Shall sell, lend, give away, or offer to give away, show, have in his possession with intent to sell, give away, show, advertise, or otherwise offer for loan, gift, sale, or distribution, any obscene or indecent book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, story paper, writing, picture, drawing, photograph, or any article or instrument of indecent or immoral character, or who shall design, copy, draw, photograph, print, utter, publish, or otherwise prepare such a book, picture, drawing, paper, or other article; or write or print, or cause to be written or printed a circular, advertisement, or notice of any kind, or give oral information stating when, where, how, or of whom or by what means such an indecent or obscene article or thing can be purchased or obtained; or 2. Shall exhibit upon any public road, street, or other place within view of any minor any of the books, papers, or other things hereinbefore enumerated; or 3. Shall hire, use, or employ any minor to sell or give away, or in any manner distribute, or shall permit any minor in his custody or control to sell, give away, or in any manner distribute, any of the articles hereinbefore mentioned Laws 1917, Shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor, and be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year nor less than ninety days, or by a fine not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by both. An act to protect children under the age of eighteen years from Chapter 242, Laws 1917, contact with certain contaminating literature. Page 353. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : Section 1. Distribution of certain literature among minors prohibited. No person shall sell, lend, give away, show, advertise or otherwise offer for loan, gift, sale or distribution to any minor under the age of eighteen years, any book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper or other printed paper devoted to the publication or largely made up of criminal news, police reports, accounts of criminal deeds, or pictures or stories of deeds of bloodshed, lust or crime; nor shall any person hire, use or employ a minor under the age of eighteen years to sell or give away, or in any manner distribute, or permit any such minor in his custody or control to sell, give away or in any manner distribute, any material herein described. Sec. 2. Penalty.-Any person who violates any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor. 8706.-Indecent articles, etc.-Every person who shall sell, lend, or give away, or in any manner exhibit, or offer to sell, lend, or give away, or have in his possession with intent to sell, lend, or give away, or advertise or offer for sale, loan, or distribution, any instrument or article, or any drug or medicine, for the prevention of conception or for causing unlawful abortion; or shall write or print, or cause to be written or printed, a card, circular, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind, or shall give oral information, stating when, where, how, of whom, or by what means such article or medicine can be obtained or who manufactures it-shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor, and punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both. (4955) K. Excluding Minors from Trials. 7824. Minors may be excluded, when.-When a cause of a scandalous or obscene nature is to be tried, the court or referee may exclude from the court-room all minors whose presence is not necessary as parties or witnesses. 9203. Excluding minors-Duty of officer-Penalty-No person under the age of seventeen years, not a party to, witness in, or directly interested in a criminal prosecution or trial being heard before any district, municipal, police, or justice court, shall attend or be present at such trial; and every police officer, constable, sheriff, or other officer in charge of any such court, and attending upon the trial of any such criminal case in any such court, shall exclude from the room in which such trial is being had every such minor, except when he is permitted to attend by order of the court before which the trial shall be had; and every police officer, constable, sheriff, or deputy sheriff who shall knowingly neglect or refuse to carry out the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars. (5361) Sec. 2. Who are to be excluded from hearing of trial of Chapter 265, minors under 18 years.-Section 9393, General Statutes, 1913, is Laws 1917, hereby amended so as to read as follows: Page 404. 9393. At the hearing or trial of a minor under the age of eighteen, charged with any crime, the trial judge or magistrate, prior to his being brought into the courtroom, shall clear the same of all persons except officers of the court, including attorneys, witnesses, relatives, and friends. L. Endangering Morals. 8669. Endangering life, health, or morals of minorsEvery person having the care or custody of a minor who 1. Shall wilfully cause or permit his life to be endangered, his health to be injured, or his morals to become depraved; or who 2. Shall wilfully cause or permit such minor to be placed in a situation, or to engage in an occupation, which will be likely to endanger his life, injure his health, or impair his morals Shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (4935) M. Unlawful Confinement of Minors in Custody An act to amend Section 9392 and 9393 of Chapter 106, General Chapter 265, Statutes, 1913, relating to juvenile offenders. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Keeping of persons under the age of 18 years.— Section 9392, General Statutes, 1913, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 9392. Every sheriff or other person having charge of a minor under the age of eighteen years, chargeable with any crime, shall provide Laws 1917, |