Anyone who shall willfully cut, mutilate, mark or otherwise injure any
book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, manuscript, map or other property
belonging in or to or on deposit with the State Library or any local library
which is established or maintained under any law of this Commonwealth
or the library of any university, college or educational institute charted
by the Commonwealth or the library of any public school or any branch
reading room, deposit station or agency operated in connection thesewith,
shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be prosecuted for
said offense before any court of competent jurisdiction and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be liable to pay a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars
($25) and costs of prosecution or to undergo imprisonment in the county
jail for a period not exceeding fifteen days, or both, at the discretion
of the court, the said fine when collected to be for the use of the said
library against which the aforesaid offense was committed.
From Section 427 of Article IV of The
Library Code, Title 24 PA Statutes
