No person shall injure any public pipe or reservoir, or other property connected with the waterworks, or break and enter the same, or draw-off, or cause to be removed, any of the water therefrom, or shall turn on or off the water in any such water pipe or reservoir, or remove the cover of any hydrant, except in case of fire, without permission from the Board of Water Commissioners or by authority of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
('71 Code, § 26-26) Penalty, see § 10.99