§ 37-12-112 — Gas; piping gas around meter

Any person who connects or changes any pipe or other conduit,
device or contrivance with any gas main or lateral supply pipe,
supplying or intended to supply gas to any house, store or other
building, without the knowledge and consent of any person or
corporation owning said gas main, or lateral supply pipe, in
such manner that any portion of such gas may be transmitted or
supplied to any lamp burner, heating apparatus, engine or other
instrument or thing by or at which gas is consumed or used,
around or without passing through the meter provided for
measuring or registering the amount or quantity of gas passing
through it, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished
as provided in section 4 hereof.