Sec. 444. Waterworks—reservoirs, etc., injuries to;
penalty.
If any person shall deface or injure any house, wall, cock,
wheel, fire hydrant, or other fixtures connected with or pertaining
to the water works, or shall bathe in the reservoirs, or deposit
any offensive matter, or any stick, mud or rubbish in said
reservoirs, or place the carcass of any animal or other deleterious
substance on the watersheds or in any stream of said reservoirs,
or shall without lawful authority, climb over or get through the
enclosures of, hunt or fish in said reservoirs, or place any building
material, rubbish or other matter upon the stopcock of a
street main or service pipe, or obstruct access to any fixture connected
with the water works, or remove or injure any pipe, fire
hydrant, or cock, or open any of them so as to waste the water;
or if any person shall use the city water for a purpose for which
he has neither paid nor obtained a license to use it, every such
person shall for each offense pay a fine of not less than $5 nor
more than $20.
