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Any person who intentionally sets or procures another to set fire to any woods, brush, leaves, grass, straw, or any other inflammable substance capable of spreading fire, and who intentionally allows the fire to escape to lands not his own, whereby the property of another is damaged or jeopardized, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and shall be liable for the full amount of aT1 expenses incurred in fighting the fire. 2. That Sections 21-34.1 and 21-38.1 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth be enacted to read as follows: Section 21-34.1. Carrying weapon into courthouse. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess in or transport into any courthouse in this City any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile or ammunition designed for use wifh a dangerous weapon and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, tasers, stun weapons and those weapons specified in subsection (a) of section 21-38. Any such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor, and upon the person's conviction, the weapon seized shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in subsection (a) of Section 21-38. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or official, game warden, conservator of the peace, magistrate, court qfficer, or judge while in the conduct of such person's official duties. Section 21-38.1. Carrying firearm or stun weapon on school property prohibited. If any person carries about his person any pistol or any other firearm designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind or any stun weapon or taser as defined in this section, into any public building upon the property or any public, private or parochial elementary, junior high or high school he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The exemptions set out in S18.2-308 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons who carry such weapon or weapons as a part of the curriculum or other programs sponsored by the school or any organization permitted by the school to use its premises or to any law-enforcement officer while engaged in his duties as such. As used in this section: