§ 6-21-604 — Destruction of property

(a) Any person who shall willfully destroy or injure any building used as a schoolhouse, or for educational purposes, or any furniture, fixtures, or apparatus thereto belonging, or who shall deface, mar, or disfigure any such building, furniture, or fixtures, by writing, cutting, painting, or pasting thereon any likeness, figure, words, or device without the consent of the teacher or other person having control of that house, furniture, or fixtures shall be fined in a sum double the value of the building, furniture, fixtures, or apparatus so destroyed or damaged and shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense, to be recovered by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. (b) The punishment provided in this section is in addition to and not in lieu of the punishment provided by other statutes for such offenses.

Legislative History

Acts 1931, No. 169, § 177; Pope's Dig., §§ 3592, 11619; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1903.