Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 16553. Injuring water works or polluting waters

Any person who shall wilfully destroy, or injure, in any manner, the pipes, aqueducts, cisterns, reservoirs, hydrants, or any of the works belonging to said city, erected in pursuance of this act, or shall wilfully corrupt, or otherwise render unwholesome the spring, or springs, stream or streams of water, which shall be conveyed, or brought, into said reservoirs, works, aqueducts, et cetera, by said city, or shall, in any way pollute, or render noxious, or offensive, the said water, every such person, so offending, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than five, nor more than one hundred, dollars, at the discretion of the magistrate, before whom sued for, and to be recovered with costs, in the corporate name of the city of Philadelphia, in the same manner as debts of one hundred dollars, or under, are recoverable, the one-half for the use of the person, who shall give information, and the other half for the use of the city;  and if any person, against whom such judgment shall be rendered, shall neglect, or refuse, to pay the amount of such judgment, and no goods, or chattels of such person can be found, whereof to levy the same by execution, then such person, or persons, shall be committed to the jail of the county, where he shall have been tried and convicted, for any period, not less than one, nor more than fifty days, at the discretion of the justice rendering such judgment, and shall moreover remain liable, for the full amount of damages to the said city, in any other action instituted by the city, and shall moreover be subject to indictment for the same.