§ 554. — Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information to person in local charge of improvement; penalty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC554]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 554. Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information
to person in local charge of improvement; penalty
Owners, agents, masters, and clerks of vessels arriving at or
departing from localities where works of river and harbor improvement
are carried on shall furnish, on application of the persons in local
charge of the works, a comprehensive statement of vessels, passengers,
freight, and tonnage.
Every person or persons offending against the provisions of this
section shall, for each and every offense, be liable to a fine of $100,
or imprisonment not exceeding two months, to be enforced in any district
court in the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such
offense may have been committed.
(Feb. 21, 1891, ch. 252, Secs. 1, 2, 26 Stat. 766.)
