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An. Code, 1924, sec. 261. 1912, sec. 229B. 1918, ch. 425.

309. Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
sub-title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by im-
prisonment in the county or city jail for a period not exceeding six months,
or both, in the discretion of the Court.¹

Graveyard Desecration.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 262. 1912, sec. 230. 1904, sec. 216. 1888, sec. 133. 1882, ch. 422, sec. 1.

310. Every person, his aiders, abettors and counsellors, who shall be
convicted of removing or attempting to remove from any graveyard, burial
ground or vault in the State of Maryland any dead body which shall have
been buried in such graveyard, burial ground or vault, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not
less than five nor more than fifteen years, unless such person or persons
shall have been authorized by the State's attorney for Baltimore City or for
the county in which such graveyard, burial ground or vault may be situated
to remove such dead body f or the purpose of ascertaining the cause of the
death of the person whose body is so removed, or for the purpose of reburial.

As to "Cemetery Companies" see art. 23, sec. 174.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 263. 1912, sec. 231. 1904, sec. 217: 1888, sec. 134. 1882, ch. 422, sec. 2.

311. Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed to apply to
the bodies Of such persons as shall have been buried in Potter's field.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 264. 1912, sec. 232. 1904, sec. 218. 1888, sec. 135. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 83.

1884, ch. 22. 1898, ch. 178.

312. Any person or persons, his, her or their aiders or abettors, who
shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monu-
ment, gravestone or other structure placed in any cemetery, or any building,
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, or who shall shoot or
discharge any firearms 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 jurisdiction, 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 in the house of correction, for not less than thirty days
nor more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of said justice or court, according to the gravity of the offense.
Any justice of the peace in this State, except civil justices in the city of
Baltimore, shall have jurisdiction under this section.

Gunning.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 265. 1912, sec. 233. 1904. sec. 219. 1888, sec. 136. 1728, ch. 7, sec. 7.

1892, ch. 655. 1900, ch. 419.

313. Every person who shall, upon any pretense whatever, come to hunt
with gun or dog upon the lands of another without leave or license from the
owner or possessors thereof first had and obtained shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before some justice of the peace

¹ Sec. 3 of act of 1918, ch. 425, repeals all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with said
act to the extent of such inconsistency.