Delaware Statutes

§ 4382 — Obstruction of or damage to tax lagoon; civil and criminal liability

Delaware·Title 7·Part Agricultural and Soil Conservation; Drainage and Reclamation of Lowlands·Ch. 43 DREDGING AND MANAGEMENT OF LAGOONS·Subch. General Provisions
(a)If any person wilfully or negligently obstructs or damages any part of a tax lagoon and upon request of the lagoon managers fails to remove the obstruction or to repair the damage at the person’s own expense, the lagoon managers shall see that the obstruction is removed and that the damage is repaired.
(b)The person so obstructing or damaging the tax lagoon shall be liable for all loss or injury caused thereby and the expenses or charges for remedying the same, and said loss or injury, expenses or charges may be sued for and recovered by the lagoon managers in the name of the tax lagoon before any justice of the peace in the county where the obstruction or damage occurred.
(c)Whoever wilfully obstructs or damages any part of a tax lagoon, as specified in subsection (a) of this sect

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Legislative History

73 Del. Laws, c. 389, § 1

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