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Throwing dirt, &c. into said rivers, or any fewer or stream,
Penalty 5 - 10 prosecutor,
or, on default, to house of correction 4 days.
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XI. And to the intent that no ashes, dirt, or filth, may for the future be cast into any of the rivers of the said ports, or into any of the common-sewers of the said cities or towns; be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person, who shall cast, or help or assist to cast, any ashes, dirt, filth, or rubbish, into any of the said rivers, or into any sewer or stream, that empties, itself into any of the said rivers, being in a summary manner thereof convicted upon oath before the chief magistrate of such of the said city or towns, where such offence shall be committed, or before any one or more of the justices of the peace of any of the counties of the said city or towns, or counties at large, for any of the crimes aforesaid committed within their respective authorities, shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of five shillings for the benefit and advantage of every such person or persons as shall and will discover and prosecute the same; which said sum of five shillings shall and may be levyed by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender by warrant of such chief magistrate or justice of the peace, before whom the party was convicted, returning the said party the overplus; and in case the said offender shall not have wherewithal to satisfy and pay the said sum of five shillings, that then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for chief magistrate or justice of the peace respectively to send the said offender to the house of correction, to be once whipped or kept to hard labour at his discretion, so as the confinement of the offender to the said house of correction may not for any one fault exceed four days.
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