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a sum equal to ten times its original cost and shall be fined not less than
ten nor more than thirty dollars for every concealment, defacement or
erasure of the name of the owner from every peach or other fruit basket,
box or crate; onejhalf of said fine to be paid to the informer and the
other half to the county commissioners, or to the mayor and city council
of Baltimore, to be applied to the ordinary expenses of the county or

city, as the case may be.

1904, art. 27, sec, 88. 1888, art. 27, sec. 63. 1874, ch. 376, sec. 3.

96. 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.

Ibid. sec. 88. 1904, ch. 546, secs. 59C and 59D.

97. 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, agricultural or manufacturing purposes, or either of them;

or to make any connection with any of such canals, springs, reservoirs,
tunnels, mounds, dams, plugs, mains, pipes, conduits, connections, taps,
waives, engines and machinery, 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 author-
ized 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, tun-
nels, 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 on persons found guilty of a violation of any of the pro-
visions 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, at the dis-
cretion of the court; provided, that none of the provisions of this

section shall apply to Carroll county.

Ibid. sec. 90. 1888, art. 27, sec. 64. 1882, ch. 149, sec. 1.

98. 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