WATERWORKS. ( 16 of 1890. ) 1317
27. Whoever shall alter or cause or permit to be altered any measur
Fraudulent
ement,
service with intent to avoid the accurate measurement or register
of water by means of any meter or to obtain a greater supply
of water than lie is entitled to and to avoid payment therefor or
who shall wilfully or negligently injure any meter shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars and any service
so altered or meter so injured shall be replaced or repaired by
the Water Authority at the expense of the person convicted and
may be recovered upon the order of a Magistrate in the same
manner as any penalty herein provided may be recovered upon
conviction .
28. Whoever shall put or allow to be put or to remain or to Foul accumu
accunulate on any tenement occupied or owned by him or his lation, of
servants or who shall not remove or cause to be removed or
take such steps as may be necessary to prevent upon notice from
the Water Authority any foul noisome or injurious matter or
any earth deposit or excavated material in such manner or place
that it may be washed fall or be carried into the waterworks or
the gathering grounds thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceediny one hundred dollars and for every day during which
such matter earth deposits or excavated materials are allowed
to remain after notice in writing from the Water Authority
requiring the same to be removed, a further penalty of ten
dollars per dieu.
29. Any person Bathing,
washing, &c.
( a .) who bathes in any part of the waterworks; or,
( 6. ) who washes throws or causes to enter therein any
horse dog goat pig or any other animal; or,
( c. ) who wrongfully opens or closes any cock valve or
sluice belonging to the waterworks
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
30. All breaches of any regulations, made under this ordi- Penalties for
nance the penalty for which is not otherwise hereby specially regulations.
breach of
provided shall be punishable by penalties not exceediug twenty
five dollars.
31. All penalties under this ordinance or any regulations Recovery of
made hereunder may be recovered on summary conviction before penalties.
a Magistrate and shall be in addition to any other remedy or
proceeding whether civil or criminal which may be taken
pursuant to any statute ordinance or law now or hereafter in
force in the Colony.
32. The Governor in Council may, by order to be notified Powers of
author .
in the Gazette, confer upon the Water Authority all or any of authority