US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 58
                           PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
    18-5807.  LEAVING CARCASSES NEAR HIGHWAYS, DWELLINGS AND STREAMS, AND
POLLUTION OF WATER USED FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES. Any person who shall knowingly
leave the carcass of any animal within a quarter of a mile of any inhabited
dwelling, or on, along or within a quarter of a mile of any public highway or
stream of water, for a longer period than twenty-four hours, without burying
the same, and by such exposure or burial within 200 feet of any stream, canal,
ditch, flume, or other irrigation works shall pollute or contaminate, so as to
render unfit for domestic use, any natural stream of water, or the water in
any canal, ditch, flume, or other irrigation works, used by others for
domestic purposes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall
be fined any sum not to exceed $100.00.