tion which shall have been constructed under its provisions. (36 Stat. 867.) § 9941. (Act Aug. 18, 1894, c. 299, § 2.) Fishing, etc., for shell fish in New York Harbor channels prohibited; penalty; arrests; process; proceedings. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage in fishing or dredging for shell fish in any of the channels leading to and from the harbor of New York, or to interfere in any way with the safe navigation of those channels by ocean steamships and ships of deep draft. Any person or persons violating the foregoing provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, such fine to be not more than two hundred and fifty dollars nor less than fifty dollars, and the imprisonment to be not more than six months nor less than thirty days, either or both united, as the judge before whom conviction is obtained shall decide. It shall be the duty of the United States Supervisor of the harbor to enforce this Act, and the deputy inspectors of the said supervisor shall have authority to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person or persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses prohibited by this Act: Provided, That no person shall be arrested without process for any offense not committed in the presence of the supervisor or his inspector or deputy inspectors, or either of them: And provided further, That whenever any such arrest is made the person or persons so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States. (28 Stat. 360.) This section was part of the rivers and harbors appropriation act of 1894, cited above. The anchorage of vessels in the port of New York was regulated by Act May 16, 1888, c. 257, post, §§ 9947, 9948, and the depositing of refuse in the harbor of New York was made punishable by Act June 29, 1888, c. 496, ante, §§ 9933-9935, 9937, 9938. Provisions for the appointment of supervisor of harbor were contained in Act June 29, 1888, c. 496, § 5, ante, § 9938. § 9942. (Act May 19, 1896, c. 208, § 1.) Deposit of refuse, etc., in Potomac River prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any wharf or dock, any master or captain of any vessel, or any person or persons to cast, throw, drop, or deposit any ballast, dirt, oyster shells, or ashes in the water in any part of the Potomac River or its tributaries in the District of Columbia, or on the shores of said river below highwater mark, unless for the purpose of making a wharf, after permission has been obtained from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for that purpose, which wharf shall be sufficiently inclosed and secured so as to prevent injury to navigation. (29 Stat. 126.) This section and the three sections next following were an act entitled "An act to establish certain harbor regulations for the District of Columbia." The anchorage of vessels in the Potomac River was regulated by Act March 2, 1895, c. 172, post, §§ 9952, 9953, chapter "Anchorage Regulations." Provisions for the determination of harbor lines were made by Act March 3, 1899, c. 458, § 3, ante, § 3366. § 9943. (Act May 19, 1896, c. 208, § 2.) Deposit of offal prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any wharf or dock, any captain or master of any vessel, or any other person or persons to cast, throw, deposit, or drop in any dock or in the waters of the Potomac River or its tributaries in the District of Columbia any dead fish, fish offal, dead animals of any kind, condemned oysters in the shell, watermelons, cantaloupes, vegetables, fruits, shavings, hay, straw, ice, snow, filth, or trash of any kind whatsoever. (29 Stat. 126.) § 9944. (Act May 19, 1896, c. 208, § 3.) Violation of act; penalty. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the police court of the District of Columbia shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court. (29 Stat. 126.) § 9945. (Act May 19, 1896, c. 208, § 4.) Improvements by Government unaffected. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to interfere with the work of improvement in or along the said river and harbor, under the supervision of the United States Government. (29 Stat. 126.) § 9946. (Act June 23, 1910, c. 359.) Throwing, discharging, etc., refuse matter into Lake Michigan, at certain places, unlawful; exceptions; violation of provisions, a misdemeanor; punishment. It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, dump, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure, to be thrown, discharged, dumped, or deposited, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state into Lake Michigan, at any point opposite or in front of the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, or the county of Lake in the State of Indiana, within eight miles from the shore of said lake, unless said material shall be placed inside of a breakwater so arranged as not to permit the escape of such refuse material into the body of the lake and cause contamination thereof; and no officer of the Government shall dump or cause or authorize to be dumped any material contrary to the provisions of this Act: Provided, however, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to work in connection with the construction, repair, and protection of breakwaters and other structures built in aid of navigation, or for the purpose of obtaining water supply. Any person violating any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined for each offense not exceeding one thousand dollars. (36) Stat. 593.) This was an act entitled "An act to prevent the dumping of refuse material in Lake Michigan at or near Chicago." Sec. CHAPTER D Anchorage Regulations This chapter includes provisions for the establishment and use of anchorage grounds for vessels in ports and rivers. 9947. Establishing and regulating an- of New York. 9950. Establishing and regulating an- 9951. Violation of rules; penalty. § 9947. (Act May 16, 1888, c. 257, § 1.) Establishing and regulating anchorage grounds in the port of New York authorized. The [Secretary of the Treasury] is authorized, empowered, and directed to define and establish an anchorage ground for vessels in the bay and harbor of New York, and in the Hudson and East Rivers, to adopt suitable rules and regulations in relation thereto, and to take all necessary measures for the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations. (25 Stat. 151.) This section and the section next following were part of an act entitled "An act to regulate the anchorage of vessels in the port of New York." Section 3 of the act provided that the act should take effect immediately. The words "Secretary of the Treasury," inclosed in brackets in this section and section 2 of the act, were superseded by the creation of the Department of Commerce, with a Secretary of Commerce as the head thereof, and the transfer of the duties and powers imposed by this section on the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Commerce, by Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, §§ 4, 10, ante, §§ 857, 859. The provisions of this act were extended to the waters of Kill von Kull, Newark Bay, Arthur Kill, and Raritan Bay, by Act March 3, 1899, c. 424, § 1, post, & 9949. The depositing of refuse and other matter in the harbor of New York was punishable by Act June 29, 1888, c. 496, ante, §§ 9933-9935, 9937, 9938, and fishing or dredging for shell fish in the New York Harbor channels was made punishable by Act Aug. 18, 1894, c. 299, § 2, ante, § 9941. § 9948. (Act May 16, 1888, c. 257, § 2.) Violation of rules; penalty. In the event of the violation of any such rules or regulations by the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel, such owner, master, or person in charge of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and the said vessel may be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be, and in the name of the officer designated by the [Secretary of the Treasury]. (25 Stat. 151.) See notes to preceding section. § 9949. (Act March 3, 1899, c. 424, § 1.) Extension of act authorizing anchorage regulations for the port of New York. The Act of May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, relating to anchorage of vessels in the port of New York, is hereby extended to include the waters of Kill von Kull, Newark Bay, Arthur Kill, and Raritan Bay. (30 Stat. 1081.) This was a provision following an appropriation for salaries and expenses of the officers and employés of the Revenue-Cutter Service in the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1900, cited above. Act May 16, 1888, c. 257, mentioned in this provision, is set forth ante, §§ 9947, 9948. § 9950. (Act Feb. 6, 1893, c. 64, § 1.) Establishing and regulating anchorage grounds in the port of Chicago authorized. That the [Secretary of the Treasury] be authorized and directed to define and establish anchorage grounds for vessels in the harbors of Chicago, and waters of Lake Michigan adjacent thereto, to adopt suitable rules and regulations in relation to the same, and also to adopt suitable rules and regulations governing the use of marked inshore channels in Lake Michigan in front of the city of Chicago, and to take all necessary measures for the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations. (27 Stat. 431.) This section and the section next following were an act entitled "An act relating to the anchorage and movement of vessels in the Port of Chicago." The words "Secretary of the Treasury," inclosed in brackets in this section and the section next following, were superseded by the creation of the Department of Commerce, with a Secretary of Commerce as the head thereof, and the transfer of the duties and powers imposed by this section on the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Commerce, by Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, §§ 4, 10, ante, §§ 857, 859. § 9951. (Act Feb. 6, 1893, c. 64, § 2.) Violation of rules; penalty. In the event of the violation of any such rules or regulations by the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel, such owner, master, or person in charge of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and the said vessel may be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be, and in the name of the officer designated by the [Secretary of the Treasury]. (27 Stat. 431.) § 9952. (Act March 2, 1895, c. 172, § 1.) Anchorage regulations in Potomac River; occupancy of canals; removal of sunken vessels; movement of vessels at wharves. Every vessel coming to anchor in the Potomac River between the junction of the Washington and Georgetown channels of said river and the extension of the south line of P street southwest, in the city of Washington, shall anchor as near the flats in said river. as possible, so that the channel of said river will not be obstructed; and if such vessel is to remain over twelve hours it shall be moored with both anchors, so as to give room for passing vessels and so as not to swing and obstruct said channel. No vessel shall be permitted to anchor in the Washington channel of the Potomac River between the extended lines of P or K streets south. Vessels coming to anchor above the line of K street south, aforesaid, shall come to anchor as near the flats as possible and so that the channel will not be obstructed; and all vessels coming to anchor shall be so moored by the use of both anchors as to prevent obstruction of the channel within four hundred feet of the nearest wharf, the said anchorage to continue only twenty-four hours, unless otherwise. ordered or directed by the harbor master. No vessel shall be permitted to lie in Seventeenth Street Canal, New Jersey Avenue Canal, or James Creek Canal, or at the entrance thereof, so as to obstruct the passage of any vessel going into or out of the same or moving from one place to another therein, unless such obstructing vessel is. actually engaged in loading or unloading, and shall then, if deemed expedient by the harbor master, be removed to such place as shall be necessary to give room to passing vessels. Any captain or owner of, or anyone in charge of, any barge, sand scow, or any vessel that may sink in said canals, shall raise and remove the same in five days. Any vessels at the end of wharves or in docks shall, when required by the harbor master, haul either way to accommodate vessels going in or coming out from such wharves or docks. They shall not occupy regular steamers' or sailing packets' berths without permission from the recognized occupants of such wharves and docks. And they are required to rig in all fore-and-aft spars, have boats hoisted up under the bow, and davits turned up, as the harbor master may direct. Vessels when not engaged in loading or discharging cargo shall give place to such vessels as are ready to receive or deliver freights. And if the captain or person in charge of any vessel refuse to move said vessel when notified by the occupant of the wharf at which she is lying, the harbor master shall order him to haul to some other berth, or into the stream. (28 Stat. 740.) This section and the section next following were part of an act entitled "An Act to establish harbor regulations for the District of Columbia." Section 3 of the act repealed all acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith. Provisions authorizing the determination of harbor lines of the District of Columbia were made by Act March 3, 1899, c. 458, § 3, ante, § 3366. |