(1) Every person who willfully and without authority opens, closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate of any ditch, or any water box or measuring device of any ditch for the receiving or delivery of water, after the headgate of the ditch has been adjusted by and is in the control of the division engineer, or after such water box or measuring device has been adopted by the ditch officer in charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) Any person who is found using water taken through any such headgate, water box, or measuring device so unlawfully interfered with shall prima facie be deemed guilty of a violation of this section.
Source: L. 1879: p. 108, § 44. G.S. § 1755. L. 01: p. 196, § 1. R.S. 08: § 3497. C.L. § 1931. CSA: C. 90, § 348. CRS 53: § 147-16-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-16-3.
Cross references: For the appointments and functions of water division engineers, see § 37-92-202.