804 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

1888, art. 27, sec. 61. 1870, ch. 376, sec. 2.

86. Nothing in the preceding section shall affect the civil
liability of the party so offending or his principal for damages;
but in all civil actions 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 evidence of the reckless-
ness or wilfulness therein provided for.

Ibid. sec. 62. 1874, ch. 376, sec. 1.

87. 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 resti-
tution 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, deface-
ment 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 commissioners,
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.

Ibid. sec. 63. 1874, ch. 376, sec. 3

88. 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 com-
mitted, be subject to all the penalties imposed in the preceding
section.

1904, ch. 546, secs. 59 C and 59 D.

89. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wrong-
fully 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, agricultural
or manufacturing purposes, or either of them; or to make any
connection with any of such canals, springs, reservoirs, tunnels,
mounds, dams, plugs, mains, pipes, conduits, connections, taps,
valves, engines and machinery, for the purpose of wasting or