Section 1-304 - Penalty. - Maryland Statutes

§ 1-304. Penalty.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- This section applies to any survey station established by or under the direction of: 

(1) the National Geodetic Survey; 

(2) the State agency administering the Maryland coordinate system; 

(3) any other organization whose survey stations have been established by or in accordance with the requirements of the State agency authorized to administer the Maryland coordinate system; or 

(4) any other State, municipal, or county agency. 

(b)  Penalty.- Any person who willfully injures, defaces, or destroys the mark or monument at any survey station described in subsection (a) of this section or offers any obstacles to the proper, reasonable, and legal use of the station is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $250 for each offense and costs, or shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than 6 months, or both. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 91, § 29; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.]