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• United States Code
• TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
• CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
• SUBCHAPTER III - NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE

      Any boat or vessel used or employed in violating any provision of
    this subchapter, shall be liable to the pecuniary penalties imposed
    thereby, and may be proceeded against, summarily by way of libel in
    any district court of the United States having jurisdiction
    thereof.