New Jersey Legislature

“ No person shall hereafter discharge or permit to be discharged into any fresh water any sewage, excremental matter, domestic refuse or other polluting matter. The term "fresh water" as used in this act shall be taken to mean and include all water commonly known as fresh and which may be used for human consumption, irrespective of whether such water shall be found in a stream where the tide ebbs and flows or not ”

“ It shall be the duty of the Board of Health of the State of New Jersey to give notice, in writing, to any person violating the provisions of this act, to discontinue such violation, and if said violation be not discontinued within ten days from the date of service of said notice, then it shall be lawful for the said Board of Health to institute a suit to recover the penalty provided for in the second section of this act. ”