Pennsylvania Act 1866-619 — CONSOLIDATION OF PHILADELPHIA - FRESH AND PURE WATER

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CONSOLIDATION OF PHILADELPHIA - FRESH AND PURE WATER
                 Act of Apr. 11, 1866, P.L. 635, No. 619              Cl. 11
                           A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

     To the act consolidating the city of Philadelphia, for the
        purpose of introducing a sufficient supply of fresh and pure
        water, for the use of the citizens of said city.

        Section 1.  Purchase of waters or lands to which appurtenant
     in adjoining county; construction of waterworks, etc.
        It shall be lawful for the City of Philadelphia to purchase
     and hold, in fee simple, or for any less estate, any springs, or
     streams of water, or any water-powers, or privileges, or any
     lands, tenements and hereditaments, to which any springs, or
     streams of water, or any water-powers, may be appurtenant,
     situate, or being wholly, or in part, in any one, or more, of
     the counties adjoining the City and County of Philadelphia, and
     to build, construct and erect thereupon water-works, reservoirs,
     store-lakes, ponds, and so forth, for the collection,
     purification and preservation of the water from such springs and
     streams; and to purchase and hold lands, through and upon which
     to make, build, construct, dig and lay viaducts, aqueducts,
     canals, tanks and water-pipes and mains, and every other
     apparatus suitable for the constant conveyance of the water from
     such reservoirs, store-lakes and places of collection, to the
     City of Philadelphia, for the use of the inhabitants thereof.
     1866, April 11, P.L. 635, Sec. 1.
        Section 4.  Injuring water works or polluting waters
        Any person who shall wilfully destroy, or injure, in any
     manner, the pipes, aqueducts, cisterns, reservoirs, hydrants, or
     any of the works belonging to said city, erected in pursuance of
     this act, or shall wilfully corrupt, or otherwise render
     unwholesome  the spring, or springs, stream or streams of water,
     which shall be conveyed, or brought, into said reservoirs,
     works, aqueducts, et cetera, by said city, or shall, in any way
     pollute, or render noxious, or offensive, the said water, every
     such person, so offending, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less
     than five, nor more than one hundred, dollars, at the discretion
     of the magistrate, before whom sued for, and to be recovered
     with costs, in the corporate name of the City of Philadelphia,
     in the same manner as debts of one hundred dollars, or under,
     are recoverable, the one-half for the use of the person, who
     shall give information, and the other half for the use of the
     city; and if any person, against whom such judgment shall be
     rendered, shall neglect, or refuse, to pay the amount of such
     judgment, and no goods, or chattels of such person can be found,
     whereof to levy the same by execution, then such person, or
     persons, shall be committed to the jail of the county, where he
     shall have been tried and convicted, for any period, not less
     than one, nor more than fifty days, at the discretion of the
     justice rendering such judgment, and shall moreover remain
     liable, for the full amount of damages to the said city, in any
     other action instituted by the city, and shall moreover be
     subject to indictment for the same.  1866, April 11, P.L. 635,
     Sec. 4.