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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AMENDING SECTIONS 7-3, 7-4 (a) AND 21-119, PERTAINING TO CF~4ETERIES. BY BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 7-3 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973. be a~ended and reordained to read as follows: Section 7-3. Trespassing at night. If any person, without the consent of the o~ner, proprietor or custodian, shall go or enter in the nighttime, upon the premises, property, driveways or walks of any cemetery, either public or private, for any purpose other than to visit the burial lot or grave of some member of his family, he shall be guilty of a trespass and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. 2. That Section 7-4 (.a) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 7-4. Malicious mischief° (a) ~f any person shall: (1) Willfully or maliciously destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone or other structure placed within any cemetery, graveyard or other place of burial or any lot belonging to any memorial or monumental association within the City or any fence, railing, or other work for the protection or ornament of any tomb, monument, gravestone or other structure aforesaid, or any cemetery lot within any-cemetery; ~2) Willfully or maliciously destroy, remove, cut, break or injure ~ny treej shrub or plant within any cemetery or lot of any monumental or memorial association; (~ Willfully or maliciously destroy, mutilate, injure or remove and carry away any flowers, wreaths, vases or other ornaments placed upon or around any grave, tomb, monument or lot in any cemetery, graveyard or other place of burial;