ART. 27] DESTROYING PROPERTY MALICIOUSLY. 803

' power, or either of them, or to make any connection with any
such electrical conductors for the purpose of using or wasting
the electric current, or to in any wise tamper with any meter
used to register current consumed, or to interfere with the
operation of any dynamo or other electrical appliance of such
company, or to tamper with or interfere with the poles, wires
or conduits used by such companies, 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 any lawful supervision and control of
electric light and power companies, their electric conductors,
appliances, machinery and poles by the municipality within
which such companies are doing business, or by the officers of
such municipality, nor shall anything in this section interfere
with any right now existing in the councils of any municipality
to pass ordinances relating to and regulating such electric light
and power companies. Any person or persons found guilty of
a violation of any of the provisions 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, in the discre-
tion of the court.

1902, ch. 153, sec 59 C.

84. Any person who shall wilfully or maliciously take or
remove the waste, packing or journal brass from any journal
box or boxes of any locomotive engine, tender, carriage, coach,
caboose or truck used or operated upon any railroad, whether
the same be operated by steam or electricity, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not
more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more
than three months or in the discretion of the court may be
both fined and imprisoned, as aforesaid.

1888, art. 27, sec. 60. 1870, ch. 376, sec 1.

85. Any baggage master, express agent, stage driver, hack-
man or other person whose duty it shall be to handle, remove
or take care of baggage with a view to, or in course of its
receipt, transportation or delivery, who shall wilfully or reck-
lessly injure or destroy any trunk, valise, box, package or parcel
while handling, loading, transporting, unloading, delivering or
storing the same, shall be punished by a fine or penalty not
exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered by indictment or by
action of debt in the name of the State, in the usual way; one-
half for the benefit of the informer.