[PuBLIc-No. 34. ]

AN ACT for the punishment of crimes in the District

 Columbia.
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 AN ACT for the punishment of crimes in the District of

 Columbia.

 Be it enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States af .Anie- rica in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, every person who shall be convicted, in any court Tn the District of Columbia, of any of the following offences, to wit: manslaughter, assault and battery with intent to kill, arson, rape, assault and battery with intent to commit rape, burglary, robbery, horse stealing, mayhem, bigamy, perjury, or subornation of perjury, larceny, if the property stolen is of the value of five dollars or upwards, forgery, obtaining by false pretences any goods or chattles, mo- ney, bank notv, promIssory note, or any other instrument m writing for the payment or de- livery of money or other valuable thlng, or of keeping faro bank or other common gaming table, petty larceny upon second canvictio',, committed after the passage Of this act, shall be sentenced to suffer punishme,t by imprls- | Onlnent and lab 1T, for the t.me and tune here matter prescribed, Tn the pententlary for the | District of Columbia.

 | occ. 9. .1nd De it further enacted, That every person duly convicted of manslaughter, or of ally assault and battery tn intent to l kill, shall be sentenced to suffer imprisonment | and labor, for the first offence fur a period not less than two nor more than eight years, for the second offence for d period not less than SIX nor more than fifteen years.

 Sec. 3. .and De it further enacted. That every person, duly conucted of the crime of maliclously, wilfuliy, or frandulently burning any dwelling house, or any other house, barn, or stable, adjoining thereto, or any store, barn, or out house, having goods, tobacco, hay, or gram thereIn, although the same shall not be adJolnlng to any dwelling house; or ct ma- hciously and wnlfuIly burning any Of the pub ac bindings iD the citles, towns, or countries If the District of Columbia, belonglng to the United States, CT the sad cities, towns or cauntrles; or any church, meeting house or other building ter pubic worship, belonging to any voluntary svclety, or body corporat> i; or any college, academy, school house, or h. brary; or any ship or vessel, afioat or bnild- ing, or as being accessary thereto; shall be sentenced to suffer inprisonment and labor, for period not less than one nor more than ten years for the first offence, and not less than five nor more than twenty years for the seIUnd offence.

 Sec.; 4 .4ad De it furlher enacted, That, every free person, duly convicted ot rape, or as being accessary thereto before the fact, shall be sentenced to suffer imprisonment and labor, for the hist offence for a period not less than ten nor more than thirty years, and for tine second offence for and dui4ng the period of his natural lite. Z Sec. 5. .4nd be n further enacted, That every free person duly convicted ofan assault