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No person shall wantonly break down, injure, remove, mar or destroy any monument or other memorial erected for the purpose of designating the boundaries of any street, highway or turnpike or any platted street, highway or turnpike in the city or any tree, stake or other thing marked for that purpose, or break down, injure, remove, mar or destroy any milestone or mileboard erected upon a highway or turnpike or wantonly deface or alter the inscription on any such stone, board or tree.
(Code 1971, § 19-18)