A. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1. Steal, take and carry away the personal property of another, when the property taken, stolen or carried away has a value of less than fifty dollars ($50.00);
2. Find lost property under circumstances which give knowledge of, or means of inquiry as to, the true owner, and appropriate such property to his own use or to the use of another person not entitled thereto, without first making a reasonable and just effort to find and restore the property to the owner;
3. Conceal the goods, wares or merchandise of any store or merchant, while still upon the premises of such store or merchant. Goods, wares or merchandise found concealed upon the person shall be prima facie evidence of a wilful concealment.
B. If the thing stolen, taken or carried away consists of any evidence of debt, or represents security for an indebtedness remaining unsatisfied, the value of the thing stolen, taken or carried away is the money due thereon.
C. The provisions of this section shall apply where the thing taken is any fixture or part of the realty and is severed at the time of taking, in the same manner as if the thing had been severed by another person at some previous time. (1952 Code § 6-17-03)