Delaware § 309 - Placing or maintaining offensive matters in public places; penalty.

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§ 309. Placing or maintaining offensive matters in public places; penalty.

Whoever casts into any street, lane or alley or suffers to run or be washed from any slaughterhouse, stable, privy, yard or place in one’s possession into any street, lane or alley of any city or town having a local board of health any blood, garbage, carrion, dead animal, dung, filth or noisome or offensive matter, or whoever suffers any skins, rags or other matter to be in a noisome or offensive state within or upon property in the person’s possession within the city or town limits or deposits in any of its lots, streets, lanes or alleys or near any dwelling house any contents of any slaughterhouse or stable or any matter in a noisome state, or having deposited or put such offensive substances in such places shall not immediately remove the same on the requirement of the local board shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $20, with costs of suit, and stand committed to the county jail till the same be paid or until discharged by law.

16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  9;  18 Del. Laws, c. 33, §  2;  Code 1915, §  751;  Code 1935, §  759;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  309;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1; 

Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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