SOMERSET COUNTY. 4447

NAVIGATION.

P. L. L,., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 156. 1860, Art. 19, sec. 72.

231. No person shall unload or throw ont the ballast of any boat or
vessel into the navigable rivers or creeks in Somerset county, or make or
keep any weirs or hedges in said rivers or creeks so as to injure or obstruct
the navigation thereof.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 157. 1860, Art. 19, sec. 73.

232. Any person who shall be convicted before a justice of the peace
for said county of throwing out the ballast of any boat or vessel into said
waters in such manner as may obstruct or tend to injure the navigation
thereof, or prevent boats or vessels from lying alongside of the wharves;
or who shall be convicted of keeping or making any weirs or hedges in the
channels of said rivers or creeks, or of throwing stones, shells, gravel, or
other things, into said rivers and creeks so as to obstruct and injure the
navigation, shall forfeit and pay a sum in the discretion of the justice,
not exceeding fifty dollars, one-half to the informer and the other half
to the county; this and the preceding section not to apply to the offenses
mentioned in section 238.

P. K L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 158. 1860, Art. 19, sec. 74.

233. All persons owning, commanding or having charge of any boat
or vessel navigating said rivers and creeks, shall charge and command all
persons belonging to or engaged in the service of such boat or vessel to be
careful in the discharge of its ballast, so that section 231 shall not be
violated; and if it shall appear that the provisions of said section have
been violated from the negligence of the owner, commander or person
having charge of any boat or vessel, such person may be fined as afore-
said.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 159, 1860, Art. 19, sec. 75.

234. It shall be the duty of every justice of the peace of said county,
whenever he shall have knowledge or shall be credibly informed of any
violation of section 231, to issue a warrant in the name of the State against
the person charged, directed to some constable, and on return thereof and
the appearance of the party, to hear and determine the matter as he may
deem just and right.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 160. 1860, Art. 19, sec. 76.

235. Any justice may receive the fine and costs imposed under the
said section, and shall, under the penalty of two hundred dollars, account
for the same, except the costs and such part thereof as the informer may
be entitled to, to the county commissioners, within six months thereafter.

P. L. L , 1888, Art. 20, sec 161. 1S60, Art. 19, sec. 77.

236. No informer shall be entitled to any part of said fine, unless the
offense charged shall have been proved by a disinterested witness; but in
such case the whole fine shall be paid to the county commissioners.