Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally
§ 452. Taking shellfish or otherwise interfering with navigation in New York Harbor channels; penalty; arrest and procedure
Statutory text
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage in fishing or dredging for shellfish 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 $250 nor less than $50, 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 section, 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 section: 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 magistrate judge, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such magistrate judge, judge or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States.
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. 53–299 § 2 · 28 Stat. 338
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 452
Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 2, 28 Stat. 360
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 2, 28 Stat. 360Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage in New York Harbor fishing or dredging Fishing, etc., in ship channels forbidden. 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 Penalty for violations. 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 Arrests. 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 Proviso. Process. 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 Proceedings. 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.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act June 29, 1888, ch. 496, 25 Stat. 209, which comprises this subchapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Magistrate judge” substituted in text for “magistrate” pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Previously, “magistrate” was substituted for “commissioner” pursuant to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title 28.
Credits
1894–1990 · 3 acts
- 1894Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 2, 28 Stat. 360
- 1968Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), , 82 Stat. 1118
- 1990Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, , 104 Stat. 5117.
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(Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 2, 28 Stat. 360; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), , 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, , 104 Stat. 5117.)