Chap. 81.—An ACT to Punish certain Offences against Public Property.

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Passed January 21, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That every per-
son who shall wilfully and maliciously break any window or
door of the capitol, or in any courthouse, house of public
worship, college, school house, town hall or other public
building; or whko-shall wilfully and maliciously injure or

‘deface the capital, or any statuary in the capitol or on the

capitol square, or in any other public buildings, or on any
public grounds, or any courthouse, house of public worship,
or town’ hall, or other public building; or shall wilfully and
maliciously. destroy or carry away furniture belonging to or
in either of the said buildings, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding thirty
dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding sixty days,
or by,such fine and imprisonment both.

2. Every person who shall cut down, pull up, girdle, or
otherwise injure or destroy any tree growing in the grounds

of the capitol, or in the grounds of any public square or

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grounds, without the consent of the governor, or of the
county or corporation court in which-said grounds or square
is situated; or shall wilfully and maliciously injure the fences
or herbage of the capitol grounds, or of any such square or
grounds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding the sum of thirty dollars.

8. This act shall be in force from its passage.