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Sec. 19-45. Injuring or defacing trees, shrubs, property, etc.[332]

No person shall do any of the following acts:


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(a) Injure or tamper with any tree, shrub, bush or flowers
planted by the city or others on public property or within
public rights of way.

(b) Wilfully injure or deface any motor vehicle, machinery,
building, wall, monument or base thereof, fence or enclosures
or any sign, awning or other fixture or any other property,
real or personal, not his own.

(c) Post any show bill or notice or advertisement or brand,
write, mark or paint any sign, letters or characters upon a
building, a wall, whether interior or exterior, a tree, a fence
or any other property of another person, without first obtaining
the consent of the owner or the agent of the owner of such
property. (Code 1959, § 19-45; 3-7-60; 4-15-63.)

 
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As to malicious injury to public or religious property, see § 1947.2
of this Code.