1. All persons, corporations or associations conducting water across any public road or highway, or across any street or alley in any unincorporated town in this state, for domestic, mining, agricultural or manufacturing purposes shall construct, at their own expense, good and substantial culverts or bridges over such crossing, and shall in no case allow any stream of water, diverted from its natural channel for such purposes by them, to flood or wash any public road or any street or alley in any unincorporated town of this state.
2. Any person, corporation or association violating any of the provisions of subsection 1 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
[1:78:1911; A 1915, 373; 1919 RL § 3045; NCL § 5426] + [2:78:1911; A 1915, 373; 1919 RL § 3046; NCL § 5427] — (NRS A 1967, 570)