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Sec. 492(4). Sewers—injury to—or to gas or water
pipes.

No person, firm or corporation while engaged in the construction
of house sewers or otherwise, shall injure, trim, break or remove
any portion of any main or lateral sewer, or "Y" or manhole,
lamp-hole, or flush-tank, or do any injury to any gas or
water pipe or house sewer previously laid and no penalty fixed by
this section shall prevent the City or any property owner from recovering
any damages sustained by reason of such injury, by appropriate
civil action or otherwise.