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lantern at night, and to maintain such marks until the sunken craft is 



removed or abandoned, and the neglect or failure of the said owner so to do 



shall be unlawful; and it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft 



to commence the immediate removal of the same, and prosecute such removal Failure to re- 



diligently, and failure to do so shall be considered as an abandonment of such vessels tmlaw 1 - 



craft, and subject the same to removal by the United States as hereinafter fuL 



provided for. 



SEC. 1 6. That every person and every corporation that shall violate, Penalties for 



. . violations of 



or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the sections 13, 14, 



provisions of sections thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of this Act shall be '' 



guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a 



fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred 



dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not less than 



thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, 



in the discretion of the court, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or 



persons giving information which shall lead to conviction. And any and Liability of 



masters, pilots, 



every master, pilot, and engineer, or person or persons acting in such capa- etc. 

 city, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel who shall knowingly engage 

 in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any material specified in sec- 

 tion thirteen of this Act to any point or place of deposit or discharge in any 

 harbor or navigable water, elsewhere than within the limits defined and 

 permitted by the Secretary of War, or who shall willfully injure or destroy 

 any work of the United States contemplated in section fourteen of this Act, 

 or who shall willfully obstruct the channel of any waterway in the manner 

 contemplated in section fifteen of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a vio- 

 lation of this Act, and shall upon conviction be punished as hereinbefore pro- 

 vided in this section, and shall also have his license revoked or suspended foi 

 a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted. And Libel against 



boats violating 



any boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft used or employed in violating any prohibitions. 

 of the provisions of sections thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of this Act shall 

 be liable for the pecuniary penalties specified in this section, and in addition 

 thereto for the amount of the damages done by said boat, vessel, scow, raft, 

 or other craft, which latter sum shall be placed to the credit of the appro- 

 priation for the improvement of the harbor or waterway in which the dam- 

 age occurred, and said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft may be pro- 

 ceeded against summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United 

 States having jurisdiction thereof. 



SEC. 17. That the Department of Justice shall conduct the legal pro- of P^ P?; e " n _ 

 ceedings necessary to enforce the foregoing provisions of sections nine to force the law 

 sixteen, inclusive, of this Act; and it shall be the duty of district attorneys 

 of the United States to vigorously prosecute all offenders against the same 



