§ 1-3. Not to be impeded.

(a) Prohibited conduct.

No owner, occupant, or agent of private lands so entered:

(1) shall obstruct, impede, or annoy civil engineers or surveyors, or their assistants, in the performance of their work under this subtitle; nor

(2) shall any such owner, occupant, or agent, destroy, obliterate, or remove any stakes, markers, monuments, or other landmarks set or placed by such civil engineers or surveyors.

(b) Penalties.

Any owner, occupant, or agent violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than $25, nor more than $100, or to imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days, or both, in the discretion of the Court.