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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 17-4 Refuse in sewers.">
  <section prefix="§" num="17-4" heading="Refuse in sewers.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">If any person or persons shall carelessly or intentionally throw, sweep, or place any waste paper, street sweepings, garbage, dirt, ashes, dead animal, offal, or other putrescible matter, or any rubbish or refuse of any sort, into any inlet, grating, manhole, or other appurtenance of any sewer in the City of Baltimore, he, she, or they shall be subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both as provided in  &lt;cite data-path="|25|§23-3"&gt;§ 23-3 of this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exception.">Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to matter commonly designated as sewage discharge from a house sewer into another sewer.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 42, §31</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 33, §27</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 25, §29</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 25, §27</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1894-010</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 46-450</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 84-129</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 91-775</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
