Sec. 7.
Any person who shall unlawfully or intentionally injure, molest, or destroy any of said lines, posts, piers or abutments, or the materials or property belonging thereto, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding 1 year, or both, at the discretion of the court before which the conviction shall be had.
History: 1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2055 ;-- CL 1871, 2631 ;-- How. 3699 ;-- CL 1897, 6673 ;-- CL 1915, 8773 ;-- CL 1929, 11669 ;-- CL 1948, 484.157
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio
Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172)
Section 484.151 - Telegraph Companies; Incorporators.
Section 484.152 - Telegraph Companies; Certificate of Organization, Contents, Filing.
Section 484.153 - Body Corporate; Certified Copy of Certificate as Evidence.
Section 484.154 - Power to Hold Realty; Officers and Agents; Rules and By-Laws.
Section 484.155 - Telegraph Lines; Construction, Restrictions.
Section 484.156 - Aggrieved Property Owner; Remedy, Procedure.
Section 484.157 - Injury to Line; Penalty.
Section 484.158 - Stockholder's Liability for Corporate Debts; Contribution.
Section 484.159 - Annual Report; Contents; Failure to Make, Liability of Directors.
Section 484.160 - Annual Tax; in Lieu of Other State Taxes.
Section 484.161 - Shares of Stock; Status as Personalty, Transfer, Purchase in Other Corporations.
Section 484.163 - Books; Inspection, Use as Evidence; Penalty, Forfeiture.
Section 484.164 - Transmission of Dispatches; Penalty.
Section 484.165 - Transmission of Dispatches; Order of Transmission; Penalty.
Section 484.166 - Divulging Contents; Willful Failure to Transmit; Penalty, Civil Liability.
Section 484.167 - State's Lien for Taxes; Sale; Surplus.
Section 484.168 - Amendment or Repeal of Act.
Section 484.169 - Immediate Effect.
Section 484.170 - Appraisal of Damages; Lands in More Than 1 County.
Section 484.171 - Appraisal of Damages; Contiguous Lands of Same Person.
Section 484.172 - Amendment to Articles; Filing, Recording, Use of Certified Copy as Evidence.