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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. IL Ch. 299. 1894. 36]; hereunder a permit defining the precise limits within which the dis. P¤¤¤if¤· charge of such scows or boats may be made; and it shall not be lawihl for the owner or master, or person acting in such capacity, of any tug or towboat to tow or move any scow or boat so loaded with such forbidden matter until such permit shall have been obtained; and every Penalty for- violatperson violating the fbregoin g provisions of this section shall be deemed i"*‘· guilty of amisdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not inore than one thousand nor less than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto the master of any tug or towboat so offending shall have his license revoked, or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted. = “ And any deviation from such dumping or discharging place specified . P°¤:*t{f°* ·}i¤¤l¤·¤s· in such permit shall be a misdemeanor, and the owner and master, or per- m" °` °r P °°°°" son acting in the capacity of master, of any scows or boats dumping or discharging such forbidden matter in any place other than that specilied in such permit shall be liable to punishment therefor as provided in section one of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; and the owner and master, or person acting in the Pcrmnliablo. capacity of master, of any tug or towboat towing such scows or boats shall be liable to equal punishment with the owner and master, or per- on acting in the capacity of master, of the scows or boats ; and, ihrther, every scowman or other employee on board of both scows and towboats shall be deemed to have knowledge of the place of dumping specfiled in such permit, andtheowners andmasters, or persons actingin thecapacity of masters, shall be liable to punishment, as aforesaid, for any unlawful dnmpin g, within the meaning of this Act or of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eightyeight, which may be caused by the negligence or ignorance of such scowman or other employee; and, further, neither defect in machinery nor avoidable accidents to scows or towboats, nor unfavorable weather, nor improper handling or moving of scows or boats of any kind whatsoever, shall operate to release the owners and masters and employees of scows and towboats from the penalties hereinbefore mentioned? Every scow or boat engaged in the transportation of dredgings, earth, “;’°;f";,};’cf*,°'°¤¤¤°· sand, mud. cellar dirt, garbage, or other offensive material of any de- " ` seription shall have its name or number and owne1·’s name painted in letters and numbers at least fourteen inches long on both sides of the scow or boat; these names and numbers shall be kept distinctly legible at all times, and no scow or boat not so marked shall be used to transport or dump any such material. The supervisor of the harbor of New York, designated as provided Ag—1>¤i¤¤¤¤¤¢ ¤f inin section five of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred "`€¥.§']‘§_·’§,],,_ m0_ and eighty-eight, is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors. and, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act and of the Act aforesaid, and of detecting and bringing to punishment offenders against the same, the said supervisor of the harbor, and the inspectors and deputy inspectors so appointed by him, shall have power and authority: First. To arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any D¤¤¤·- person or persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses pro- A""°“*°· hibited by this section and by the Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty- eight, aforesaid, or who may violate any of the provisions of the same: Provided, That no person shall be arrested without process for any offense not committed in the presence of the supervisor or his inspectors or deputy inspectors, or either of them: And provided further, That whenever any such arrest is made the CMM: <>f ¤*Y¤·¤¤i¤r- person or persons so arrested shall be brought forthwith_ before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the otienses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of · crimes against .the—United States.