Sec. 3-55. Waste on mortgaged premises. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 3-55. Waste on mortgaged premises. If any person removes or injures any building or fixture on any land mortgaged to the state for the benefit of either of said funds or cuts or carries away any wood or timber from such land, except for necessary firewood for use on the premises or for the erection or repair of fences or buildings on such land, without the written consent of the Treasurer, such person shall pay to the state the value of the property so removed or the amount of such injury, which, after paying the expense of its recovery, shall be applied on such mortgage debt; and, for a wilful violation of this section, such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

      (1949 Rev., S. 147.)