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An. Code, 1924, sec. 111. 1912, sec. 96. 1904, sec. 88. 1888, sec. 63. 1874, ch. 376, sec. 3.

121. Any person who shall wilfully destroy any peach or other fruit
basket, box or crate without the consent of the owner either by splitting it
up or burning it, or any part of it, shall, on conviction thereof before a
justice of the peace of the county or the city of Baltimore where the offense
was committed, be subject to all the penalties imposed in the preceding
section.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 112. 1912, sec. 97. 1904, sec. 89. 1904, ch. 546, secs. 59C and 59D.

122. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wrongfully and
maliciously connect, disconnect, tap or interfere or tamper with any of the
canals, springs, reservoirs, tunnels, mounds, dams, plugs, mains, pipes,
conduits, connections, taps, valves, engines and machinery belonging to any
company using or engaged in the supplying of water for domestic, agri-
cultural or manufacturing purposes, or either of them; or to make any
connection with any such canals, springs, reservoirs, tunnels, mounds, dams,
plugs, mains, pipes, conduits, connections, taps, valves, engines and ma-
chinery, for the purpose of wasting or using such water, or to in any wise
tamper with any meters used to register the water consumed, unless such
person or persons shall be duly authorized by or be in the employ of such
company; provided, that nothing in this section shall in any way interfere
with the lawful supervision and control of water companies, their canals,
springs, reservoirs, tunnels, mounds, dams, plugs, mains, pipes, conduits,
connections, taps, valves, engines and machinery by the municipalities;
nor shall anything in this section interfere with any right now existing
in any municipality to pass ordinances relating to and regulating such
water companies. Any person or persons found guilty of a violation of
any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned not exceeding
six months or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both or either,
at the discretion of the court; provided, that none of the provisions of this
section shall apply to Carroll County.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 113. 1912, sec. 98. 1904, see. 90. 1888, sec. 64. 1882, ch. 149, sec. 1.

123. Any person who shall moor any vessel or vessels of any kind or
name whatsoever, or any raft or any part of a raft, to any buoy, beacon
or day mark placed in the waters of Maryland by the authority of the
United States lighthouse board, or shall in any manner hang on with any
vessel or raft, or part of a raft, to any such buoy, beacon or day mark, or
shall wilfully remove, damage or destroy any such buoy, beacon or day
mark, or shall cut down, remove, damage or destroy any beacon or beacons
erected on land in this State by the authority of the said United States
lighthouse board, or through unavoidable accident run down, drag from its
position, or in any way injure any buoy, beacon or day mark, as aforesaid,
and shall fail to give notice as soon as practicable of having done so to the
lighthouse inspector of the district in which said buoy, beacon or day mark
may be located, or to the collector of the port, or if in charge of a pilot to
the collector of the port from which he comes shall for every such offense
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before
any court of. competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed three months, or
both, at the discretion of the court; one-third of the fine in each case shall