It is unlawful for any person to willfully, maliciously or wantonly destroy, injure, remove, tamper with or deface real property or improvements thereto or personal property, either public or private.
It is unlawful for any person to carry away without authority, misuse, cut, write upon, injure, deface, tear or destroy any book, periodical, map, newspaper or any other property devoted to public library use.
It is unlawful for any person to throw or permit to be deposited or scattered upon any sidewalk, alley, street or public property, or upon the private property of another, any rubbish, waste, trash or other disposed material of any kind.
It is unlawful for any person to distribute, place or post in or upon public property any showcard, poster, brochure, circular, handbill or other advertising device, or to distribute, place or post in or upon private property, including utility poles, any such matter without the express consent of the owner.
It is unlawful for any person to steal, convert, embezzle or acquire by fraud the property of another, including any money, goods, chattels, bank notes, bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange, other bills, orders, certificates or any books of account for or concerning money due or to become due and to be delivered. If the property stolen, converted, embezzled or acquired by fraud exceeds the value of $250, the matter shall be referred to the District Attorney.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
It is unlawful to buy, procure, receive or conceal anything of value knowing the same to have been stolen, converted, embezzled or acquired by fraud.
It is unlawful for any person to willfully take possession of or conceal any merchandise offered for sale with the intention of converting it without paying for it or to willfully alter any label, price tag or marking upon any merchandise, or transfer any merchandise from one container to another with the intention of depriving the merchant of all or part of the value of the merchandise.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 7-34, Issuing worthless checks, of the 1977 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to move, distribute or take away any earth, stone or other material from any public street, way, alley, park or public ground.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 233, Storage of Vehicles, for the provisions of former Sec. 7-36, Outdoor automotive storage, of the 1977 Code, which previously followed this section.