Section 33. Deposit of refuse in navigable waters of the state  


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  • No person
      shall drain, deposit or cast any dead animal, carrion, offal, excrement,
      garbage or other putrid or offensive matter into the navigable waters of
      the state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the  boundaries
      of  Nassau and Suffolk counties, except as the same may be authorized by
      the state department of health. Every person violating the provisions of
      this  section  shall  upon  conviction  by  any   court   of   competent
      jurisdiction  be  guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to
      exceed one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment  of  not  more  than  one
      year,  or  by  both  such  fine and imprisonment for each offense.   The
      district attorney of the county, in which the offense  is  committed  or
      exists,  is  authorized  and  directed  to  prosecute  such  offender or
      offenders.