Section 51-29-99 - Penalty for obstructing or damaging drains

Any person who shall obstruct a drain or damage drainage work provided for by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars; and he shall also be liable to the district for double the cost of removing such obstruction or repairing such damage.Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4477; 1930, § 4498; 1942, § 4724; Laws, 1912, ch. 195.