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Penalty on Persons depositing Ballast, &c. so as to obstruct the River.
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XXXIV. If any Person shall throw or deposit any Ballast, Gravel, or other Matter or Thing, so as to interrupt, or obstruct the free Passage of Water or Vessels into, through, or in any of the said Navigations, or any of the Cuts, Sluices, or Canals, or any of the Off-branches, or shall, without the Consent of the said Trustees, lay any Ballast, Gravel, Stones, Dirt, Rubbish, Lime, Timbers, or Clay on any of the Banks, Locks, or Trackways of any of the Navigations aforesaid, or do any other Damage to the said Navigations or any of them, or if any Person shall maliciously open any Lock, Sluice, Dam, Gate, or Watercourse belonging to any of the said Navigations, or shall so leave any of the same open after any Boat has passed, or otherwise mis-spend or waste the Water of any of the said Navigations, every such Person on summary Conviction of any of the Offences aforesaid shall be subject to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds.
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