Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 11 — Regulation of Landing, Curing, and Sale of Sponges Taken from Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida
§ 782. Sponges of less than prescribed size; possession prima facie evidence
Statutory text
The presence of sponges of a diameter of less than five inches on any vessel or boat of the United States engaged in sponging in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the Straits of Florida outside of State territorial limits, or the possession of any sponges of less than the said diameter sold or delivered by such vessels, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 63–253 § 2 · 38 Stat. 692
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 782
(Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 253, § 2, 38 Stat. 692.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 253, § 2, 38 Stat. 692.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. That the presence of sponges of a diameter of less than five inches on any vessel or boat of the United States engaged in sponging in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the Straits of Florida outside of State territorial limits, or the possession of any sponges of less than the said diameter sold or delivered by such vessels, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 253, § 2, 38 Stat. 692.)