1004 ARTICLE 27.

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 evi-
dence of the recklessness or wilfulness therein provided for.
As to " Cruelty to Animals," see art. 27, sec. 69, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 95. 1904, sec. 87. 1888, sec. 62. 1874, ch. 376, sec. 1.

110. 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 conviction
before a justice of the peace in the county or the city of Baltimore where
the offense was committed the party offending shall be required to make
restitution to the owner of the basket, box or crate, in 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; one-half
of said fine to be paid to the informer and the other half to the county com-
missioners, 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.

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

111. 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, sec. 97. 1904, sec. 89. 1904, ch. 546, secs. 59C and 59D.

112. 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