Pennsylvania Act 1913-747 — WATER RESOURCES, CONTROLLING

Act text

AN ACT

Defining the water resources of the Commonwealth; providing for the taking of an inventory thereof by the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania; vesting in said Commission certain powers and duties; providing penalties for violation of this act, and making an appropriation to carry the same into effect.

Whereas, Governor Tener, in his message to the General Assembly, has called attention to the expediency of taking an inventory of the water resources of the Commonwealth, in order that legislation may be enacted to provide for their conservation and utilization under proper State control, in a manner which will best promote the interests of all of the people of the State; therefore,--

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the term "water resources," as used in this act, includes all rivers, streams, and underground waters, and all bodies of surface water, either in whole or in part, within this State.

Section 2. (2 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)

Section 3. (3 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)

Section 4. (4 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)

Section 5. In the performance of the work hereby authorized, the members of the Water Supply Commission, and any agent or employee thereof, are authorized to enter and re-enter upon any land or premises, and may make any survey or measurement, or collect any data deemed necessary. Any person who shall prevent, or attempt to prevent, any such entry or re-entry, or any such work aforesaid, or who shall destroy or deface or disturb any mark, stake, device or apparatus used, or intended to be used, in carrying on said work, shall, upon conviction thereof, in a summary proceeding before any alderman, magistrate or justice of the peace of the county, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, with costs of prosecution, or, in default thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo an imprisonment in the jail of the county for a period not exceeding ten days.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.