No person shall nail, tack, paste, paint or fasten, or cause to be nailed, tacked, pasted, painted or fastened, any sign or any other foreign substance or material onto any telegraph, telephone, electric light, police and fire alarm pole or post, or any street or traffic sign located on any sidewalk, street, alley or public grounds, or injure or deface any such pole or post.
(1960 Code, § 40-6-3) Penalty, see § 158.999