pose of repairing or cleaning the same or for any other purpose when the same is under steam pressure. (3779 R. L. 1910.)

1352. Penalty-Any officer, superintendent, foreman, boss, or other person in authority who, on behalf of any railroad corporation or any other person, firm or corporation, using steam boilers, violating any of the provisions of the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than one year nor more than two years. (3780 R. L. 1910.)

1353. Employer Guilty of Manslaughter-Should any employee enter such boiler, fire-box, or smoke chamber, while the same is under pressure of steam, at the command or order of his employer, or the agent of such employer, and while inside such boiler, fire-box or smoke chamber, meet with an accident resulting in his death, the person or persons commanding or ordering him to enter such boiler, fire-box or smoke chamber shall be guilty of manslaughter in the second degree. (3781 R. L. 1910.)

1354. Pollution or Obstruction of Water Supplies-Who ever wilfully and maliciously deposits excrements, or foul or decaying matter, or in any manner corrupts any spring or reservoir or other source of water used for domestic purposes, or destroys or injures any pipe, conductor of water, or other property pertaining to an aqueduct, or aids or abets in such trespass, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (6810 R. L. 1910.)

1355. Bottles to Be Cleansed-That all persons, firms or corporations or their agents or employees in this State are hereby required after all bottles containing soft drinks have been emptied, shall be inverted in the case or container, so that the same may be thoroughly drained. That all persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction shall be fined not less than five dollars and not to exceed fifty dollars. (S. L. 1917, 275.) (Subject, see ch. 167, S. L. 1917, p. 274.)

1356. Containers to Be Cleansed-It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation within this state, upon receiving from any creamery or dairy company, either by wholesale or retail, any creamery can, bucket, bottle, or any utensil

used for conveyance of ice creams, sherbets, or frozen dainties, sweet milk, buttermilk, sweet cream and all products thereof, as soon as said creamery cans, buckets, bottles or utensils are empty, to thoroughly cleanse same with hot water at a temperature of not less than 180 degrees Fahrenheit. Such bottles shall be thoroughly drained, and such cans, containers and buckets shall be washed and thoroughly dried immediately upon emptying same. (S. L. 1915, 619.)

1357. Penalty-Any person, firm or corporation receiving such articles and upon failure to comply with all provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. (S. L. 1915, 619.)

(Subject, see S. L. 1915, p. 619.)

1358. Injuries to Railroads-Any person who maliciously, wantonly, or negligently, either:

First: Removes, displaces, injures or destroys any part of any railroad or railroad equipment, whether for steam or horse cars, or any track of any railroad, or of any branch or branchway, switch, turnout, bridge, viaduct, culvert, embankment, station house or other structure or fixture, or any part thereof, attached to or connected with any railroad; or,

Second: Places any obstruction upon the rails or tracks of any railroad, or any branch, branchway, or turnout connected with any railroad, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not exceeding four years or in a county jail not less than six months. (2756 R. L. 1910.)

1359. When Death Ensues Therefrom-Whenever any offense specified in the last section results in the death of any human being, the offender is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than four years. (2757 R. L. 1910.)

1360. Injuries to Highways-Any person who maliciously digs up, removes, displaces, breaks or otherwise injures or destroys any public highway or bridge or any private way laid out by authority of law, or bridge upon such way, is guilty of felony. (2758 R. L. 1910.)

1361. Obstructing Highways-Any person who shall knowingly and wilfully obstruct or plow up, or cause to be obstructed or plowed up, any public highway or public street of any town, except by order of the road supervisors for the purpose of working the same, or injure any bridge on the public highway, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and shall be liable for all damages to person or property by reason of the same. (2759 R. L. 1910.)

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1362. Injuries to Toll House or Gate-Any person who maliciously injures or destroys any toll house or turnpike gate is guilty of felony. (2760 R. L. 1910.)

1363. Other Injuries to Highways-Any person who shall wilfully demolish, throw down, alter, or deface any mile-stone or guide-board on or at the forks of any roads, or shall wilfully unload or deposit in any street of any town or city or on any public highway, any manure, garbage, or offal or any refuse matter of any kind or character whatever shall for each offense be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than thirty dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment, which fine shall be paid by the officer receiving the same into the county treasury for school purposes. And every person obstructing such street

or road as aforesaid shall be liable in a civil action for all damages sustained by any person who has in any manner whatever been damaged by reason of such obstruction. Every person who detects another person violating the provisions of this section shall forthwith report the same to the county attorney of the county wherein the offense is committed, and the said official shall upon receiving such information forthwith cause the arrest and prosecution of the offending person. (2761 R. L. 1910.)

1364. Obstructing or Damaging Roads-Any person or persons who shall wilfully or knowingly obstruct or damage any public road by obstructing the side or cross drains or ditches thereof or by turning water upon such road or right-of-way, or by throwing or depositing Osage orange or other brush. trees, stumps, logs or any refuse or debris whatever, in said road or on the sides or in the ditches thereof, or by fencing across or upon the right-of-way of the same, or by planting any hedge within the lines established for such road, or by changing the location thereof, or shall obstruct said road, highway or drains in any other manner whatsoever, or any person or persons who shall wilfully or knowingly deface, damage, destroy, or remove any road sign, sign board, guide, sign or sign post shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The road overseer of any district who finds any road obstructed as above specified shall notify the person violating the provisions of this section, verbally

or in writing, to remove such obstruction forthwith, and if such person does not remove the obstructon within ten days after being notified, he shall pay the sum of five dollars for each and every day after the tenth day, such obstruction is maintained or permitted to remain; such fine to be recovered by suit brought by the road overseer, in the name of the road district, in any court of competent jurisdiction. (S. L. 1915, 337.)

1365. Rules of the Road-Rule 1. Vehicles in meeting each other shall keep to the right of the center of the road. Rule 2. All vehicles overtaking others, shall in passing, keep to the left of the center of the road and shall not pull over to the right until entirely clear of the vehicle passed.

Rule 3. All vehicles turning to the right into another road shall turn the corner as near the curb as practicable.

Rule 4. All vehicles turning to the left into another road shall pass beyond the center of the intersecting road before turning.

Rule 5. All vehicles crossing from one side of the street to the other shall do so by turning to the left, so as to go in the same direction as the traffic on each side of the street.

Rule 6. All motor vehicles before passing other vehicles from the rear shall give notice of approach by a horn or other signal before passing: Provided, that said vehicle shall be required when signaled to turn to one side and give half the road.

Rule 7. At intersecting roads or streets, vehicles approaching from the right shall have right of way over those approaching from the left. United States mail, fire apparatus, ambulances, police patrols and vehicles of physicians when so designated, shall have right of way in any street or road and through any procession.

Rule 8. Punishment. Any person violating any of those rules shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than one dollar nor more than fifty dollars. (S. L. 1915, 339)

1366. Three-Inch Tires-After January 1, 1917, no draft wagon of two tons capacity or greater and having iron or steel tires, shall be permitted to be sold by a dealer in this State if its tires are less than three inches in width. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section, or failing to comply therewith shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and each vehicle sold in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. (S. L. 1916, 113.)