section 407 of this titlesection 408 of this titlesection 409 of this titlesection 411 of this titlesection 411 of this titleAny and every master, pilot, and engineer, or person or persons acting in such capacity, 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 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 the Army, or who shall willfully injure or destroy any work of the United States contemplated in , or who shall willfully obstruct the channel of any waterway in the manner contemplated in , shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Act, and shall upon conviction be punished as provided in , and shall also have his license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted. And any boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft used or employed in violating any of the provisions of sections 407, 408, 409, 414, and 415 of this title shall be liable for the pecuniary penalties specified in , 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 appropriation for the improvement of the harbor or waterway in which the damage occurred, and said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft may be proceeded against summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.
Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 1630 Stat. 1153July 26, 1947, ch. 34361 Stat. 501Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 218(a)(1)110 Stat. 3696(, ; , title II, § 205(a), ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
act Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 42530 Stat. 1148section 686 of this titleThis Act, referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, which enacted sections 401, 403, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 411 to 416, 418, 502, 549, and 687 of this title, and amended . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
section 411 of this titleSection is from part of section 16 of act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899”. The balance of such section, relating to penalties for the wrongful deposit of refuse, is classified to .
Amendments
Pub. L. 104–3031996— substituted “407, 408, 409, 414, and 415 of this title” for “407, 408, and 409 of this title”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II61 Stat. 501act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 641Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Transfer of Functions
section 401 of this titlePub. L. 89–670, § 6(g)(6)(A)80 Stat. 941Pub. L. 97–449section 401 of this titlesection 6(g)(6)(A) of Pub. L. 89–670Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the Army and other offices and officers of Department of the Army under to extent that they relate generally to location and clearances of bridges and causeways in navigable waters of United States transferred to and vested in Secretary of Transportation by , , , which created Department of Transportation. amended to reflect transfer made by , and repealed section 6(g)(6)(A).