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any tow-boat towing such scows or boats, shall be equally guilty of such offense 
with the master or person acting in the capacity of master of the scow, and be 
liable to equal punishment. 
Sec. 4. That all mud, dirt, sand, dredgings, and material of every kind and 
description whatever taken, dredged, or excavated from any slip, basin, or shoal 
in the harbor of New York, or the waters adjacent or tributary thereto, and 
placed on any boat, scow, or vessel for the purpose of being taken or towed 
upon the waters of the harbor of New York to a place of deposit, shall be de- 
posited and discharged at such place or within such limits as shall be defined and 
specified by the supervisor of the harbor, as in the third section of this act pre- 
scribed, and not otherwise. Every person, firm, or corporation being the owner 
of any slip, basin, or shoal, from which such mud, dirt, sand, dredgings, and 
material shall be taken, dredged, or excavated, and every person, firm, or cor- 
poration in any manner engaged in the work of dredging or excavating any such 
slip, basin, or shoal, or of removing such mud, dirt, sand, or dredgings there- 
from, shall severally be responsible for the deposit and discharge of all such mud, 
dirt, sand, or dredgings at such place or within such limits so defined and pre- 
scribed by said supervisor of the harbor; and for every violation of the provisions 
of this section the person offending shall be guilty of an offense against this act, 
and shall be punished by a fine equal to the sum of five dollars for every cubic 
yard of mud, dirt, sand, dredgings, or material not deposited or discharged as 
required by this section. Any boat or vessel used or employed in violating any 
provision of this act, shall be liable to the pecuniary penalties imposed thereby, 
and may be proceeded against, summarily by way of libel in any district court of 
the United States, having jurisdiction thereof. 
Sec. 5. That a line officer of the Navy shall be designated by the President 
of the United States as supervisor of the harbor, to act under the direction of the 
Secretary of War in enforcing the provisions of this act, and in detecting offen- 
ders against the same. This officer shall receive the sea-pay of his grade, and 
shall have personal charge and supervision under the Secretary of War, and shall 
direct the patrol boats and other means to detect and bring to punishment offen- 
ders against the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 6. That the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may 
be necessary, is hereby appropriated to carry out the provisions of this act; and 
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay that sum from moneys 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
Approved, June 29, 1888. 
A BILL CONCERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY-LINES BETWEEN CON- 
NECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. 
Whereas Robert G. Pike, William M. Hudson, James A. Bill, and Charles B. 
Andrews, commissioners of the State of Connecticut, and J. Herbert Shedd, 
Albert L. Chester, and Daniel F. Larkin, commissioners of the State of Rhode 
Island, duly appointed by their respective States to ascertain and agree upon 
the boundary-line in the waters of the sea between Connecticut and Rhode 
Island, and designate the same by suitable monuments, did meet, attend to 
the duties of their appointment, and agree upon said boundary-line in the 
