2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 48 - Public Utilities
Section 48:8-11 - Stopping Engine While Discharging Passengers Into Small Boats; Penalty
48:8-11. Stopping engine while discharging passengers into small boats; penalty
No passenger on any steamboat navigating the waters within the jurisdiction of this state shall be put into any small boat for the purpose of being landed until the engine of the steamboat is stopped. The engine shall not be again started until the small boat be at least twenty yards from the steamboat, or shall have reached the landing place if that be within said distance.
The master or other person having charge of a steamboat who shall violate this section shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars.
This section shall not extend to any case where the person having charge of a small boat not belonging to the steamboat shall willfully or unnecessarily stop the small boat within the distance of twenty yards.
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