An Act Relating to the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, § 1, 1847 Pa. Laws 266, 266 (J. M. G. Lescure).

"No. 208.
AN ACT
Relating to the Laurel Hill Cemetery of Philadelphia.

    Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same... any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, grave stone  or other structure placed in the cemetery aforesaid, or any fence, or railing or other work for the protection or ornament of said cemetery, or of any tomb, monument, or grave stone or other structure placed therein, as aforesaid, or shall willfully destroy, cut, break or remove any tree, shrub, or plant within the limits of said cemetery, or shall shoot or discharge any gun or other fire arms within said limits, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and shall, upon coonviction thereof, before any justice of the peace or alderman of the county of Philadelphia, be punished by a fine, at the discretion of the justice or alderman, according to the aggravation of the offence, of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars; or shall, on conviction thereof, in the court of quarter sessions of said county, be punished by a fine, as aforesaid, and by imprisonment, according to the aggravation of the offence, at the discretion of the court, for a term of not less than six months or more than three years."