Any person who wilfully or maliciously displaces, removes, destroys or injures a mile board, milestone, danger sign, signal, guide sign, guidepost, highway sign or historical marker, or any inscription thereon, lawfully within or adjacent to a highway, or who in any manner paints, prints, places, puts or affixes any advertisement upon or to any rock, stone, tree, fence, stump, poles, mile board, milestone, danger sign, guide sign, guidepost, highway sign, historical marker, building or other object lawfully within the limits of any highway shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be punished accordingly.