2021 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 12 - River and Harbor Improvements Generally
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 554 - Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information to person in local charge of improvement; penalty

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 554 (2021)
Section Name §554. Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information to person in local charge of improvement; penalty
Section Text

Owners, agents, masters, and clerks of vessels arriving at or departing from localities where works of river and harbor improvement are carried on shall furnish, on application of the persons in local charge of the works, a comprehensive statement of vessels, passengers, freight, and tonnage.

Every person or persons offending against the provisions of this section shall, for each and every offense, be liable to a fine of $100, or imprisonment not exceeding two months, to be enforced in any district court in the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed.

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(Feb. 21, 1891, ch. 252, §§1, 2, 26 Stat. 766.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12 - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 554 - Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information to person in local charge of improvement; penalty
Contains section 554
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 26 Stat. 766
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