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Telegraph and Telephone Liner. CHAPTER 69.

FOULING THE PUBLIC WATERS OF THIS STATE.

§ 7653. Fouling public waters. Every person who deposits or places or causes to be deposited or placed any dead animal, offal or other refuse matter offensive to the sight or smell or deleterious to health, upon the banks or in the waters of any lake or stream so far as the same is within the jurisdiction of this state, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, is punishable by a fine of not less than twenty and not exceeding one hundred dollars,

§ 7654. Extent of last section. The provisions of the last section shall be construed to include privies and privy vaults and any stable, shed, peri, yard or corral wherein is kept any horse, cattle, sheep or swine and located nearer than sixty feet from the top of the bank of such lake or stream, and also any slaughterhouse, grave, graveyard or cemetery located nearer than eighty feet therefrom. But the provisions of said section shall not be construed to prevent any incorporated city within this state from running its sewers into any river; provided, that where there is a dam across said river within the corporate limits of any such city, any such sewer shall connect with such river below such dam.

§ 7655. Jurisdiction of justice's court. Any justice of the peace within his county shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court to hear, try and determine any prosecution arising under the provisions of sections 7649, 7650 and 7653, and upon conviction to impose the punishment prescribed, subject to defendant's right to appeal to the district court as provided by law.

CHAPTER 70.

UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES.

§ 7656. Unlawful use of telegraph or telephone lines. Every person who, willfully or fraudulently, either:

1. Makes any connection with or cuts, breaks or taps in any unauthorized manner any telegraph or telephone line, wire or cable under the control of any other person or company; or,

2. Reads or copies by the use of telegraph or telephone instruments, or otherwise in an unauthorized manner, any authorized communication or message being sent, transmitted, conveyed or delivered by telegraph or telephone under the control of any other person or company, or,

3. Prevents, obstructs or delays by any unauthorized means or contrivance whatever, the sending, conveyance, transmission or delivery in this state of any such communication or message by telegraph or telephone; or,

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