§ 2. Regulations for navigation of South and Southwest Passes of Mississippi River; penalties

Legislative history

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1. 1909

   Pub. L. 60–264 § 5 · 35 Stat. 815

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2

   Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 264, § 5, 35 Stat. 818

   Source evidence

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   Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 264, § 5, 35 Stat. 818

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. For regulations in channels already improved or under way Ambrose Channel N. Y. Harbor. it is enacted— That during the further progress of dredging Ambrose Channel, Regulations of navigation at night. New York Harbor, the navigation of the part thereof now dredged to the full depth of forty feet may be carried on during the night as Mississippi River. Regulation of navigation of South and Southwest passes. well as by day, and may be extended by regulations to be issued by the Secretary of War to all government vessels, foreign and coastwise steamships, and to such other vessels as, in his judgment, will not unduly interfere with the progress of the improvement; and the navigation of the incompleted part of said channel may be prohibited by such regulations. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to make Channels embraced. such rules and regulations for the navigation of the South and Southwest passes of the Mississippi River as to him shall seem necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing any obstruction to the. channels through said South and Southwest passes and any injury to the works therein constructed. The term “South and Southwest passes,” Penalty for violations. as herein employed, shall be construed as embracing the entire extent of channel, in each case, between the upper ends of the works at the head of the pass and the outer or sea ends of the jetties at the entrance from the Gulf of Mexico: and any willful violation of any rule or regulation Government locks, canals, etc. Vol. 23. p. 147, amended. made by the Secretary of War in pursuance of this Act shall be deemed a misdemeanor, for which the owner or owners, agent or agents, master or pilot of the vessel so offending shall be separately or collectively responsible, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not exceeding three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

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