338 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

shall in any way interfere with any lawful supervision and control of
electric light and power companies, their electric conductors, appliances,
machinery and poles by the municipality within which such companies
are doing business, or by the officers of such municipality, nor shall any-
thing in this section interfere with any right now existing in the coun-
cils of any municipality to pass ordinances relating to and regulating
such electric light and power companies. Any person or persons found
guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be
imprisoned not exceeding six months or fined not exceeding five hundred
dollars, or both or either, in the discretion of the court.

1904, art. 27, sec. 84. 1902, ch. 153, sec. 590.

92. Any person who shall wilfully or maliciously take or remove
the waste, packing or journal brass from any journal box or boxes of
any locomotive engine, tender, carriage, coach, caboose or truck used or
operated upon any railroad, whether the same be operated by steam or
electricity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for
not more than three months, or in the discretion of the court may be
both fined and imprisoned, as aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 85. 1888, art. 27, sec. 60. 1870, ch. 376, sec. 1.

93. Any baggage master, express agent, stage driver, hackman or
other person whose duty it shall be to handle, remove or take care of
baggage with a view to, or in course of its receipt, transportation or
delivery, who shall wilfully or recklessly injure or destroy any trunk,
valise, box, package or parcel while handling, loading, transporting,
unloading, delivering or storing the same, shall be punished by a fine
or penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered by indictment or
by action of debt in the name of the State, in the usual way; one-half
for the benefit of the informer.

Ibid. sec. 86. 1888, art. 27, sec. 61. 1870, ch. 376, sec. 2.

94. Nothing in the preceding section shall affect the civil liability
of the party so offending or his principal for damages; but in all civil
actions therefor, as well as in all proceedings to impose or recover the
fine or penalty provided by said section, proof of injury shall be prima
facie evidence of the recklessness or wilfulness therein provided for.
As to "Cruelty to Animals," see article 27, section 63, et seq.

Ibid. sec. 87. 1888, art. 27, sec. 62. 1874, ch. 376, sec. 1.

95. The concealment, defacement or erasure of the owner's name,
by any mode whatever, without his consent, from any peach or other
fruit basket, box or crate shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and on con-
viction before a justice of the peace in the county or the city of Balti-
more where the offense was committed the party offending shall be
required to make restitution to the owner of the basket, box or crate in