ART. 20.] NAVIGATION. 1809

NAVIGATION.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 19, sec. 78.

156. No person shall unload or throw out 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.

Ibid. sec. 73.

157. 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 offences mentioned in section 163.

Ibid. sec. 74.

158. 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 156 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 aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 75.

159. It shall be the duty of every justice of the peace of said
coiinty, whenever he shall have knowledge or shall be credibly
informed of any violation of section 156, 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.

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