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LAWS OP MARYLAND.

ness of the water flowing in said streams, or do or

commit any act affecting the cleanliness or purity

of the water in said streams or pipes.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

Unlawful to

lawful for any person or persons to interfere with

interfere.

the water in any of the reservoirs and storage darns

of the Washington County Water Company, or in

the pipes leading therefrom, or to commit any nui-

sance or trespass in and upon said reservoirs and

storage dams, or on the grounds adjacent to said

reservoirs and storage dams, or to defile the water

in said reservoirs and storage dams by bathing,

swimming, boating, skating or by throwing therein

any filth, garbage, carcass or other matter, or to

conduct or carry on, at or adjacent to any of said

reservoirs and storage dams, any trade or business

affecting the cleanliness or purity of the water in

said reservoirs and storage dams.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any person or persons to interfere with,

Unlawful to

break, injure, deface, carry away or destroy any of

injure or de-
face.

the pipes, valves, stops, castings, fire plugs, hydrants,

instruments or apparatus of the Washington County

Water Company leading to and from any of the

reservoirs and storage dams of said company, or on

the grounds of said company, or along the lines of

its streams or pipes, or in the town of Hagerstown.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any person or persons to open any of the

Unlawful to
open stops.

stops and valves, or tap any of the pipes of the said

Washington County Water Company, or draw there-

from any water, without the permission of said com-

pany first had and obtained under such regulations

as said company shall prescribe.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any person or persons to open or interfere

Not to inter-
fore with fire-

in any manner with any of the fire-plugs and hy-

plugs.

drants of said Washington County Water Company,

or discharge any water therefrom without the per-

mission of said company first had and obtained under

such regulations as said company shall prescribe.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any person or persons to do or cause to

Not to injure

be done any act whatsoever whereby the water or

or impair.

works, reservoirs, storage dams, or any pipe, plug,

hydrant, valve, cock, meter, motor, instrument or