58 LAWS OP MARYLAND [CH. 24

335. Any person or persons, or his, her or their aiders
or abettors, who shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, deface,
injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone or other
structure placed in any cemetery, or any building, wall,
fence, railing or other work, for the use, protection or or-
namentation 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 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 jus-
tice of the peace of this State, shall be punished by fine of
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. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit the removal of the remains of any human body,
or of any monument, gravestone or other marker from an
abandoned cemetery [of the remains of any human body,
monument, gravestone or other marker is placed in an ac-
cessible place in a permanent cemetery; provided, however,
that the state's attorneys of the several counties or Balti-
more City shall first give his permission for such a removal
in writing.] , provided that the prior consent in writing of
the state's attorney of the county or of Baltimore City shall
have been secured and provided further that such remains,
monuments, gravestone or other marker is placed in an ac-
cessible place in a permanent cemetery. Any justice of the
peace in this State, except civil justices in the City of Bal-
timore, shall have jurisdiction under this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1954.

Approved March 2, 1954.

CHAPTER 24
(House Bill 39)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 68 (6) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of

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