730 ARTICLE 23.

An. Code, sec. 147. 1904, sec. 135. 1888, sec. 108. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 82.
1920, ch. 528, sec. 147.

175. A certificate under the seal of the cemetery or mausoleum cor-
poration or of any person or corporation acting as trustee therefor, of the
ownership of any lot or crypt, sold or conveyed as aforesaid, shall in all
respect have the same effect as any conveyance for such corporation of said
lot or crypt would have if executed, acknowledged or recorded as convey-
ances of real estate are by the laws of this State required to be.
See art. 16, sec. 110, and notes.

An. Code, sec. 148. 1904, sec. 136. 1888, sec. 109. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 83. 1884, ch. 22.

1898, ch. 178.

176. Any person or persons, his, her or their aiders or abettors, who
shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monu-
ment, grave-stone, or other structure placed in any cemetery, or any build-
ing, wall, fence, railing or other work, for the use, protection or ornament
of any public or private cemetery in this State, or shall wilfully destroy,
cut, break or remove any tree, plant or shrub within its limits, of who shall
shoot or discharge any fire-arms within said limits, or who shall be guilty
of indecent or disorderly conduct within said limits shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent juris-
diction or before any justice of the peace of this State shall be punished
by fine, not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or
imprisonment in the county jail or the Maryland house of correction for
not less than thirty days, nor more than two years, or both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of said justice or court, according to the
gravity of the offence. Any justice of the peace in this State, except civil
justices in the city of Baltimore, shall have jurisdiction under this section.

Gas and Electric Light Companies.

An. Code, sec. 149. 1904, sec. 142. 1888, sec. 110. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 93. 1876, ch. 349.
1910, ch. 55 (p. 72). 1924, ch. 361.

177. Any gas light corporation formed under this Article shall have full
power to manufacture artificial gas, and to sell, and to furnish such quan-
tities of gas, both natural and artificial, as may be required in any city,
town or county of this State, in which, or adjoining which the same may
be located, for lighting the streets, roads and public or private buildings,
or for other purposes, and such corporation is hereby authorized and em-
powered to lay conductors or pipes for the transmission of gas, both
natural and artificial, in any city, town or county, under the streets,
squares, lanes, alleys and roads thereof, paved or unpaved, and to connect
the same with any manufactory, public or private building, lamp or other
structure or object, and with the place of supply, after first securing the
proper assent of the municipal authorities of said city or town, or of the
county commissioners of said county, under such reasonable and proper
regulations and conditions that may be prescribed by them, subject, how-.
ever, also to any law or ordinance that may be passed by the municipal
authorities of the city or town, or the county commissioners having juris-