Every person who, with intent to injure or defraud, procures, makes, or causes to be made, any pipe, tube, wire or other conductor of gas, water or electric energy, and connects the same, or causes it to be connected, with any main, service pipe, or other pipe for conducting or supplying gas, or water, or any wires or other conductor of electric energy, in such manner as to supply gas, water, or electric energy to any lamp, motor, burner, orifice, or any other device, by or at which gas, water or electric energy is consumed, around or without passing through the meter provided for measuring and registering the quantity of gas, water or electric energy consumed, or in any other manner so as to evade payment therefor, and every person who, with like intend, injures or alters any gas, water or electric meter, or obstructs its action, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, shall be confined in the County Jail not exceeding thirty days, or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the Court. (Ord. 2005-13. Passed 6-6-05.)