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-471(3) obstructs, hinders, or delays the transmission or distribution of power or lighting by means of any such line, station, or system— shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten years, or both. § 1593. Destro3ing boundary or subaqueous cable markers Whoever willfully or maliciously: (1) removes a monument erected for the purpose of designating a point in the boundary of a lot or tract of land, or a place where a subaqueous telegraph cable lies; (2) defaces or alters the marks upon a monument erected for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1) of this section; or (3) cuts down or removes a tree upon which marks have been made for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1) of this section, with intent to destroy the marks— shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1594. Injury to or removal of boundary or survey monuments Whoever willfully injures, defaces or removes a signal, monument, building or appurtenance thereto, placed, erected or used by persons engaged in the United States Coast and Geodetic Surveys, surveys of the United States Army, Navy, or Air Force, or other Government surveys, or the Panama Canal Company, or a public service company, knowing it to be a boundary or survey monument, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 1595. Injury to monuments, works of art, or trees Whoever, not the owner thereof, willfully injures, disfigures or destroys a monument, work of art, or useful or ornamental improvement, or a shade tree or ornamental plant growing therein, whether situated upon private grounds or on a street, sidewalk or public park, or place, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1596. Breaking or obstructing gas or water pipes Whoever willfully breaks, digs up, obstructs or injures a pipe or ]nain for conducting gas or water, or works erected for supplying buildings with gas or water, or an appurtenance or appendage connected therewith, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1597. Injuring water system or fire protection apparatus, etc.; misusing or wasting water Whoever: (1) without authority, removes, obstructs, injures, molests, or tampers with any tool, fixture, apparatus, equipment, machinery or building of any kind whatsoever connected with or necessary to the proper and efficient operation of the water systems or for fire protection within the Canal Zone; or (2) willfully misuses or wastes, or causes to be misused or wasted, water supplied from the water mains owned or operated by any agency of the United States— shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.
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