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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1153 abandonment of such craft, and subject the same to removal by the United States as hereinafter provided for. Sec. 16. That every person and every corporation that shall violate, Penalties. or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the 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 line and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, onehalf of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction. And any 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 section thirteen of this Act to any point or place of deposit or discharge in. ·, any harbor or navigable water, elsewhere than within the limits deiined .‘?; V 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 violation of this Act, and shall upon conviction be punished as hereinbefore provided in this section, 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 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 beplaced 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 summagily 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· Leg? pmmgs, ceedings necessary to enforce the foregoing provisions of sections nine B5," °'“ °°“"“°‘°‘*· to sixteen, inclusive, of this Act; and it shall be the duty of district attorneys of the United States to vigorously prosecute all oiienders against the same whenever requested to do so by the Secretary of War or by any of the officials hereinafter designated, and it shall furthermore be the duty of aid district attorneys to report to the Attorney- General of the United States the action taken by him against offenders so reported, and a transcript of such reports shall be transmitted to the Secretary of War by the Attorney-General; and for the better enforce. rome to arrest ment of the said provisions and to facilitate the detection and bringing §{,f‘,§f“‘* “°"“*“ °‘**· to punishment of such olfenders, the officers and agents of the United States in charge of river and harbor improvements, and the assistant engineers and inspectors employed under them by authority of the Secretary of War, and the United States collectors of customs and other revenue officers, shall have power and authority to swear out process and to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person or persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses prohibited by the aforesaid sections of this Act, or who may violate any of the provisions of the same: Provided, That no person shall be arrested Pipviwgo be without process for any offense not committed in the presence of some Qiitginiii prm¤e°::i€ one of the aforesaid officials: And providedfurther, That whenever any ${_¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤ M r¤¤· arrest is made under the provisions of this Act. the person so arrested ` shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses 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. Sno, 18. That whenever the Secretary of War shall have good reason gaQ;)·!jg§;*g<;;,;s¤*· to believe that any railroad or other bridge now constructed, or which ` vor, xxx--73