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Section 3. Every person who shall wilfully or maliciously displace, remove, injure, or destroy -- (1) A highway, or a private way laid out by authority of law, or a bridge upon such public or private way; (2) A pile or other material fixed in the ground, and used for securing any bank or darn of any river or other water, or any dock, quay, jetty, or lock; (3) A buoy or beacon lawfully placed in any waters; (4) A tree, rock, post, or other monument which has been erected or marked for the purpose of designating a point in any boundary or any shark or inscription thereon; (5) A mileboard, a milestone, or guidepost erected upon a highway, or any inscription thereon; (6) A line of telegraph or telephone, or any part thereof, or any appurtenance or apparatus connected with the working of any magnetic or electric telegraph or telephone, or the sending or conveyance of messages thereby; (7) A pipe or main for conducting gas or water, or heat or any works erected for supplying buildings with gas or heat or water, or any appurtenance or appendage connected therewith; (8) A sewer or drain, or a pipe or main connected therewith or forming part thereof; or (9) Who shall destroy, or damage with intent to destroy or render useless, any engine, machine, tool, or implement intended for use in trade or husbandry -- shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 4. Every person who shall wilfully (1) Cut down, destroy, or injure any wood or timber standing or growing, or which has been cut down and is lying upon lands of another or of the state; (2) Cut down, girdle, or otherwise injure a fruit, shade, or ornamental tree standing on the lands of another or of the state; (3) Sever from the freehold of another or of the state any produce thereof, or anything attached thereto;