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before any court, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall suffer imprisonment in the jail in the county or city
where such conviction shall be had, for a term of not more
than three months, or shall be fined not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, in the discretion of the court.

1888, art. 23, sec. 231. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 136.

331. If the wires qr cords of any telegraph line be located
or stretched, or extended from one post or pole to another in
such manner as to prevent the owner of any timber growing
along the line of such telegraph corporation from cutting and
felling the same, and the owner thereof in cutting or felling
such timber shall injure the wires, cords or posts of such tele-
graph line, he shall not be liable to on action for damages,
unless it shall appear that in such cutting and felling, or in
having the same cut or felled, the said owner wilfully and
intentionally injured such wires, cords and posts.

Ibid. sec. 232. 1884, ch. 360.

332. The provisions of the preceding sections, 322 to 331,
both inclusive, in relation to telegraph companies, shall like-
wise apply to and have full force and effect in respect to tele-
phone companies created under the provisions of this article.
Ches, and Pot. Tel Co v. B. & O. Tel. Co., 66 Md. 410. Telegraph Co.
v. Pearce, 71 Md. 536. Ches, and Pot. Tel. Co. v. Mackenzie, 74 Md. 37.

1892, ch. 387, sec. 232 A.

333. No individual company or corporation, now or here-
after owning, controlling, managing or operating any telephone
line or lines within the limits of any city, town or village in
the State of Maryland, shall charge, collect or receive, as rental
for the use at any and all hours of the day and night, of such
telephone and lines connecting with a central exchange, or
point of communication through which conversation may be
held, over all other lines connecting with such exchange, or
point of communication, in such city or town, any sum exceed-
ing six dollars and fifty cents per month, when one telephone
only is rented by one individual, company or corporation,
located within a radius of two miles from the central exchange,
and one dollar additional per month for every additional mile
distant from said exchange; where two or more telephones are
rented by the same individual, company or corporation, located
within a radius of two miles from the central exchange, the
rental per month for each telephone so rented shall not exceed