to his or others advantage or to the injury of others; or by constructing a dam or other obstruction in a canal, ditch, intake, so as to prevent or interfere with the use of water by others; he, she or they, so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the parish jail not less than ten days nor exceeding six months, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Destruction of Railroad Property.

1845. [R. S. 919.] Whoever shall wilfully and maliciously impair, or injure, or destroy any engine, or carriage, or car, or cut or destroy any bridge, or any basement or trestle-work belonging to any railway shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Putting Obstruction on Railway With Intent to Endanger Life. 1846. [Sec. 1, Act 232, 1914, p. 462.] Whoever shall place any obstruction upon any Railway within this State with intent to endanger the life of any person, or whoever with like intent shall take up or loosen or remove any part of the superstructure of any railway, or whoever with like intent and design shall displace any switch upon any Railway within this State, shall on conviction suffer death.

Putting Obstruction on Railway With Intent to Impede.

1847. [Sec. 2.] Whoever shall place any obstruction upon any railway within this State with a mere intent to hinder or obstruct or impede the free passing thereon and without any intent to endanger human life, shall or conviction therof suffer imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one, nor more than five years.

Signaling Trains.

1848. [Act 71, 1902, p. 98.] Any person who without authority and in the absence of apparent danger warranting such act, shall out of the spirit of mischief, or with any purpose other than to prevent or give information of an accident, make, or cause to be made any signal to persons in charge of a locomotive, or railroad train, or cars, or to any of such persons or in sight of any of them, with intent to cause the stopping or starting of such locomotive, train, or cars, or who shall unlawfully

interfere with the management or running of such locomotive, train, or cars, on any railroad, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the parish jail not exceeding three months.

1849. [R. S. 920.] Whoever shall unlawfully and intentionally damage or destroy any telegraph or telephone line, posts, abutments, material or property belonging thereto; or in any way interrupt the use or operation of any line of telegraph or telephone, or part thereof, shall on conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00, or be imprisoned with or without hard labor not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. (Amd. Act 223, 1912, p. 508.)

Injury to Light-house.

Every person who

1850. [Sec. 1, Act 19, 1890, p. 15.] shall wilfully break, injure, deface or destroy, any light-house station, post, steps, lamps, or other structure pertaining to such light-house station, or shall extinguish any light erected by the United States along the navigable waters of this State to aid in the navigation thereof (if such offence be not punishable by the laws of the United States), shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by imprisonment in the parish jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

1851. [Sec. 2.] Every person who shall wilfully break, injure, deface or destroy any light-house station, post, platform, steps, lamp or other structure pertaining to such light-house station, the same being the property of the United States, or shall extinguish any light erected by the United States upon or along any of the navigable waters of this State to aid in the navigation thereof, with intent to endanger the safety of any vessel or vessels navigating said waters, or to jeopardize the safety of any person or persons or property in or upon said vessel or vessels, shall (if such offence be not punishable by the laws of the United States), on conviction be adjudged guilty of a felony, and punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years.

Performing Undedicated or Unpublished Opera.

1852. [Act 75, 1900, p. 126.] Any person or company who takes part in or causes to be publicly performed or repre

sented for profit any unpublished or undedicated dramatic or musical composition known as an opera without the consent of its owner or proprietor, or who, knowing that such dramatic or musical composition is unpublished or undedicated and without the consent of the owner or proprietor, permits, aids, or takes part in such a performance or representation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, for every such performance, or imprisonment for not less than thirty days.

STREAMS AND DRAINAGE.

Throwing Carcass Into Stream.

1853. [Sec. 1, Act 90, 1898, p. 114.] It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw or cause to be thrown into the rivers, bayous, or lakes of this State the carcass of any dead animal.

1854. [Sec. 2.] Any person or persons found guilty of throwing into the rivers, bayous or lakes of this State any dead animal contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars or imprisoned in the parish jail not more than one month or both, at the discretion of the court.

Throwing Obstructions Into Stream.

1855. [R. S. 924.] Whoever shall throw, or cause to be thrown or conveyed into any navigable stream, bay or lake within this State, bagasse from sugar mills, ballast from vessels, sinking timber of any kind or any other matter of a nature to form an obstruction to its free navigation; whoever shall fell or throw any tree or part thereof, or cause the same to be felled or thrown into any navigable river, bay or lake within the State, or in any manner do or cause to be done any act with intent wilfully to obstruct the navigation or to render it more difficult or dangerous, shall on conviction be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars; provided, railroad and other incorporated road companies may on consent of police juries of parishes where navigation terminates, and on consent of police juries of adjoining parishes interested, bridge, without a draw, such waters within ten miles of the terminus of high water navigation on water courses which can not be navigated except at high water. (Amd. Act 87, 1882, p. 109.)

Discharging From Vessels Into River.

1856. [Act 25, 1880, p. 27.] Any master or mate of any vessel, or stevedore, or other person engaged by any master or owner of any vessel, or other person, who shall cause to be discharged into the Mississippi river or any of its tributaries, in this State, any ballast, gravel, sand or other material used for or suitable for filling or grading purposes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment not less than ten days and not more than thirty days or both, at the discretion of the court; provided, the enforcement of this act does not interfere with public works, the building of jetties, stopping of crevasses, or the enforcement of health ordinances.

Permitting Logs to Block Against Bridges.

1857. [Sec. 1, Act 98, 1896, p. 144.] Whoever shall wilfully permit or cause sawlogs or other floating timber belonging to him or them to block against bridges across the streams of this State, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof such party or parties shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned not less than three months nor more than one year.

1858.

[Sec. 2.] Nothing in this act shall prevent the parish or other owner of the bridge from suing the owner of the sawlogs or other timber, for all damage done the bridge.

Contaminating Streams.

1859. [Sec. 1, Act 213, 1906, p. 370.] It shall be and it is hereby declared unlawful and a misdemeanor to knowingly and wilfully contaminate any stream, wells, lake, pond or body of water from which the public water supply of any city of this State is taken, by knowingly and wilfully placing or causing to be placed therein the dead body of any animal or animals or any offensive or filthy matter, or from doing any other act tending to corrupt, injure or contaminate said water supply; or for any one knowingly and wilfully to permit to escape or drain from his premises into said water supply any substance or fluid tending to contaminate or injure said water supply, or wilfully and knowingly to permit to escape from his premises or property any sewerage or fluid into the said water supply, that would injure the quality of the said water or contaminate it.

Penalty.

1860. [Sec. 2.] For each and every violation of this statute, there shall be imposed a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00, or imprisonment not less than one day nor more than 30 days in the parish jail; one or both at the discretion of the court.

Obstructing Drainage.

1861. [Act 310, 1908, p. 476.] Whoever shall wilfully obstruct any drainage canal, or other public or private drainage, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall suffer fine or imprisonment or both at the discretion of the court. The word drainage, as used herein is any drain, natural or artificial, providing that the artificial drain shall have been in use for a period of at least ten years, and shall have served purposes of drainage during said time.

Diverting Water From Natural Drain.

1862. [Act 108, 1906, p. 172.] Whoever shall divert or impede the course of water from a natural drain, shall be required to return same thereto before it leaves his estate and without unduly retarding the flow of such water outside of his enclosure, and should any person fail to do so, thereby injuring any adjacent estate, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or imprisonment in the parish jail of not less than 10 days nor more than thirty (30) days or both at the discretion of the court.

Draining From Oil Fields Into Irrigation Canal.

1863. [Sec. 1, Act 183, 1910, p. 272.] It is hereby declared unlawful and a misdemeanor for any officer, manager, or employee of any corporation or any person acting for himself, or for any one else to knowingly and willfully empty or drain into, or permit to be drained from any pumps, reservoir, wells, or oil fields into any of the natural streams or drains of the said State, from which water is taken for irrigation purposes any oil, salt water, or other noxious or poisonous gases or substances which would render said water unfit for irrigation purposes or would destroy the fish in said streams. Provided, that the operators or owners of wells shall have the right to turn their water from wells, reservoirs or tanks into the rivers, bayous, streams or