If any person shall alter or in any manner obstruct or encroach on a public road, or cut, destroy, deface, or remove any milestones set up on such road, or place any rubbish, dirt, logs, or make any pit or hole therein, such person may be indicted, and, upon conviction thereof before the proper court, shall be fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of the court, according to the nature of the offense.
(R.S., D.C., § 268.)
1981 Ed., § 22-3120.
1973 Ed., § 22-3120.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties
Chapter 33 - Trespass; Injuries to Property
§ 22–3301. Forcible entry and detainer
§ 22–3302. Unlawful entry on property
§ 22–3303. Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies
§ 22–3304. Depredation of fixtures in houses. [Repealed]
§ 22–3305. Placing explosives with intent to destroy or injure property
§ 22–3306. Defacing books, manuscripts, publications, or works of art
§ 22–3307. Destroying or defacing public records
§ 22–3309. Destroying boundary markers
§ 22–3310. Destroying vines, bushes, shrubs, trees or protections thereof; penalty
§ 22–3312. Destroying or defacing buildings, statues, or monuments. [Repealed]
§ 22–3312.01. Defacing public or private property
§ 22–3312.02. Defacement of certain symbols; display of certain emblems
§ 22–3312.03. Wearing hoods or masks. [Repealed]
§ 22–3312.03a. Abatement of graffiti. [Repealed]
§ 22–3312.03b. Collection against owner. [Repealed]
§ 22–3313. Destroying or defacing building material for streets
§ 22–3314. Destroying cemetery railing or tomb
§ 22–3315. Offenses against property of electric lighting, heating, or power companies [Repealed]
§ 22–3316. Tapping gas pipes [Repealed]
§ 22–3317. Tapping or injuring water pipes; tampering with water meters [Repealed]
§ 22–3318. Malicious pollution of water
§ 22–3319. Placing obstructions on or displacement of railway tracks
§ 22–3320. Obstructing public road; removing milestones
§ 22–3321. Obstructing public highway
§ 22–3322. Fines under § 22-3321 to be collected in name of United States