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541.06 DESTRUCTION OF SHRUBS, TREES OR CROPS.
   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land.
   (b)   In addition to the penalty provided in division (c) of this section, whoever violates this section is liable in treble damages for the injury caused.
(ORC 901.51)
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 901.99(A))
541.07 DESECRATION.
   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, shall purposely deface, damage, pollute or otherwise physically mistreat any of the following:
      (1)   Any public monument;
      (2)   Any historical or commemorative marker, or any structure, Indian mound or earthwork, cemetery, thing or site of great historical or archeological interest;
      (3)   A place of worship, its furnishings, or religious artifacts or sacred texts within the place of worship or within the grounds upon which the place of worship is located;
      (4)   A work of art or museum piece;
      (5)   Any other object of reverence or sacred devotion.
   (b)   As used in this section, "cemetery" means any place of burial and includes burial sites that contain American Indian burial objects placed with or containing American Indian human remains.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of desecration. A violation of division (a)(1), (2), (4) or (5) of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. A violation of division (a)(3) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2927.11)
541.08 FAILURE TO RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS.
   (a)   Whoever willfully or negligently obtains or fails to return to a public library located within the City any book, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, picture, clipping or other property belonging to and borrowed from such public library, within thirty days from the date of the posting by registered mail of a notice addressed to such person at the last address furnished the public library, and which notice may be given at any time after the date on which such person should have returned the loaned property, in accordance with the rules of the public library, shall be presumed to have converted the same to his use.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. No penalty shall be imposed in any case where restitution in value is made prior to the expiration of the thirty day period, nor in any case where the return of such book, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, picture, clipping or other property is rendered impossible by causes beyond the control of the borrower.
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