STATS OS COUITSCTIOT/T Department of State Police CHAPTER 79 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1921. An Act amending the General Statutes concerning Unlawful Advertising on Private Property and on the Public Highways. Section 62.98 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows; Every person who shall deposit, throw, affix or maintain any paper or advertisement in any public highway, or on private premises or property, without the consent of the owner of said premises or property, unless the same be left at the door of a residence or place of business; or who shall post, erect, construct or maintain within the limits of any public highway, any advertising sign or any billboard or advertisement for the purpose of advertising any property or the sale of any property other than the property of the owner of the premises abutting on such highway; or who shall affix to or maintain upon any tree, rock or structure within the limits of a public highway any paper or advertisement other than notices posted in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes; or who shall affix to or maintain upon the property of another without his consent, any word, letter, character or device in^ tended to advertise the sale of any article, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. otv-w id (Effective July 1st 1921. )