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consent of the owner or occupant thereof, and with the intent 

 to take, injure, or destroy anything there growing; and who- 

 ever willfully cuts down, injures or destroys any tree, shrub, 

 or vine, within any of the places before named, or injures any 

 b^iilding, trellis, frame work, or any appurtenance belonging 

 to or upon any of said places, shall be punished, on conviction 

 thereof, by a fine of twenty dollars and costs, and imprison- 

 ment not less than thirty days, and in default of payment of 

 said fine and costs, he shall be further imprisoned at the rate 

 of two days for each dollar of said fine and costs. All fines 

 imposed by this section, when collected, shall be paid to the 

 overseers of the poor, for the use of the poor of the town 

 where such conviction is had. 



Sec. 12. The owner of any such place, or any person em- 

 ployed in the cultivation of, or rightfully in the possession 

 thereof, may arrest any person found violating any of the 

 provisions of the preceding section, and carry him before 

 any magistrate having jurisdiction of the ofi'ence, within the 

 county where the arrest is made. 



AGEICTJLTURAL STATISTICS. 

 Revised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 3. 

 Sec. 32. The assessors of cities, towns and plantations, 

 on or before the first day of July in each year, shall make 

 return to the office of secretary of state, for the year ending 

 on the first day of April next preceding, of the number of 

 horses four years old and upwards, and cattle less than four 

 years old, neat st'ock, sheep and swine, therein on said first 

 day of April, the number of bushels of Indian corn, rye, 

 barley, oats, beans, peas, buckwheat, potatoes, turnips, beets, 

 carrots and apples, the number of tons of upland, bog, salt 

 and intervale hay, the number of pounds of butter, cheese, 

 honey, and maple sugar, the number of gallons of maple 

 syrup and molasses, raised and made therein during the year, 

 the number of wool skins disposed of, the value of poultry 

 and eggs produced, and the number of sheep killed by wild 

 animals and dogs during the year. 



