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Penalty for opening Cloughs and letting off the Water.
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CXXXII. And be it enacted, That if any Person, other than such Persons as are authorized by virtue of this Act, shall at any Time draw or open any of the Cloughs, Sluices, or Canals which shall be made under the Authority of this Act, or shall wilfully or maliciously let off the Water of any of the said Reservoirs, Rivers, Canals, or Drains, every such Person shall for every such Offence, on being thereof convicted on the Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses before any One or more of Her Majesty‘s Justices of the Peace acting in Petty Sessions for the County where the Offence shall be committed, forfeit and pay any Sum of Money not exceeding the Sum of Twenty Pounds, to be levied by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of such Offender, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Justice before whom such Conviction shall be had, which Sum so forfeited shall be employed in and towards carrying on the Works to be done and executed, maintained and supported, in pursuance of this Act; and for want of sufficient Distress such Offender shall by such Justice be committed to Prison for any Time not exceeding Six Calendar Months, unless he shall pay the said Penalty and Costs of Conviction.
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