353.190 Salt and saltpetre works to be inclosed -- Liability.

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(1)The owner or occupant of any salt works and saltpetre works shall keep those

works, and the grounds upon which the brine, bitter water or saltpetre water is

drained or deposited inclosed, so as to prevent the stock of other persons from

having access thereto.

(2)When a well or pit sunk for salt water, or in connection with a salt works or

saltpetre works, is abandoned or not used, it shall be filled up, or inclosed as

provided in subsection (1), by the owner or occupant of the grounds or the persons

who sank the well or pit.

(3)If subsections

(1)and

(2)are not complied with, and the stock of another is injured

by gaining access to the well or pit, the persons under the duty to comply with those

subsections shall be jointly and severally liable for the damages sustained by the

injury to or destruction of the stock.