58:14-8. Discharge of sewage or certain other matter, articles or substances into enumerated waters prohibited; penalty
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No sewage, waste matter, article or substance, liquid or solid, of any kind which creates odors, gases or fumes, due to the putrefaction of organic matter or the presence of chemicals, or results in the presence of oil or grease on the surface of the waters of the Passaic river, or its tributaries, shall be placed or discharged, or be permitted to be placed or discharged, into the waters of said river between the points designated in section 58:14-7 of this title, or into its tributaries so designated.
Whoever, other than a municipal corporation, after not less than ten days' nor more than six months' notice by the commissioners, violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and a further penalty of twenty-five dollars a day for each day the offense is continued, to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the commissioners.