130 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



provisions of sections 85-85g of this title or the regulations established 

 thereunder, or whenever the vessel, if a vessel of the United States, 

 is found operating, navigating, or otherwise in use upon the high seas 

 in violation of the provisions of sections 85-85g of this title or the 

 regulations established thereunder. Each day a vessel is in violation 

 of the provisions of sections 85-85g of this title shall constitute a 

 separate offense. Tlie Secretary of the department in which the Coast 

 Guard is operating may assess, collect, remit, and mitigate any penalty 

 imposed under sections 85-85g of this title. 



(b) If the master of any vessel subject to sections 85-85g of this 

 title and to the regulations established thereunder, or of any foreign 

 vessel exempted pursuant to section 85d of this title, shall fail, before 

 departing from her loading port or place, to enter in the official log 

 book of such vessel the statement required by section 85e of this title, 

 he shall for each offense be liable to the United States in a penalty 

 of $500. 



(c) If any person shall knowingly permit or cause or attempt to 

 cause any vessel subject to sections 85-85g of this title and to the 

 regulations established thereunder to depart, or if, being the owner, 

 manager, agent, or master of such vessel, he shall fail to take reason- 

 able care to prevent her from departing from her loading port or 

 place when loading in violation of section 85c of this title, or if any 

 person shall knowingly permit or cause or attempt to cause a forei^ 

 vessel exempted pursuant to section 85d of this title to depart, or if, 

 being the owner, manager, agent, or master of such vessel, he shall fail 

 to take reasonable care to prevent her from departing from her loading 

 port or place when loaded more deeply than permitted by the laws and 

 regulations of the country to which she belongs, he shall, in respect of 

 each offense be liable to the United States in a penalty of $1,000 plus a 

 sum computed at the rate of $500 per inch of draft in excess of the 

 vessel's applicable load line. 



(d) If the master of any vessel or any other person shall know- 

 ingly permit or cause or attempt to cause any vessel to depart from 

 any port or place in the United States or its possessions in violation 

 of any order of detention made pursuant to section 85f of this title, 

 he shall, in respect of each offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor and 

 shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment 

 not to exceed three months, or both such fine and imprisonment, in 

 the discretion of the court. 



(e) If any person shall conceal, remove, alter, deface, or obliterate 

 or shall suffer any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, 

 deface, or obliterate any mark or marks placed on a vessel pursuant 

 to sections 85-85g of this title or to the regulations established there- 

 imder, except in the event of lawful change of said marks, or to prevent 

 capture by an enemy, he shall in respect of each offense be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000, 

 or by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both such fine and 

 imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 



(f) Whenever the owner, manager, agent, or master of a vessel 

 shall become subject to a fine or penalty by way of money payment 

 pursuant to the provisions of sections 85-85g, the vessel shall also 

 be liable therefor and may be seized and proceeded against in the 



