The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-17
To Iro:ss, nIs :a S AND

TO cast, throw, empty or unload, or
cause, suffer or procure TO be cast,
thrown; emptied or unladen, either
from or out of any ship, vessel, light
err, barge, boat brother craft or from
the shore, pier, wharf. furnace,
manufacturing establishments or:
mills of any kind whatever, any
ballast, stone, slate, gravel, earth,
rubbish. wreck, filth, slabs, edgings,
sawdust, Stag, cinders, ashes, refuse
or other waste of any kind into any
port, road road stead, harbor, haven,
navigable river, or navigable waters
of the United States, which shall
tend to impede or obstruct naviga-
ton, or to deposit or place or cause,
suffer or procure to be deposited or
placed, any ballast, stone, slate,
gravel, earth, rubbuish, wreck, filth,
slabs, edgings, sawdust or other.
waste in any place or situation on
the bank of any navigable waters
where the same shall be liable to
be washed into such navigable
waters, either by ordinary or high
tides, or by storms or floods, or
otherwise, whereby navigation shall
or may be impedcd or obstructed:
I'rOcfded, That nothing herein con
tanned shall extend or be construed
to extend to the casting out, unlid-
ing or throwing out of any ship or
vessel, lighter, barge, boat or other
craft, any stones, rocks, bricks, limo
or ether materials used, or 3, be
used, in or toward the building, re-
pairing or keeping in repair any
quay, pier, wharf, weir, bridge,
building or other work lawfully
erected or to be erected on the
banks or sides of any port, harbor,
haven, channel or navigable river,
or To the casting out, unlading or
depositing of any material cxclvat-
ed for the Improvement of navigable
waters, into such places and in such
manner as may be deemed by the
United States officer supervising
said improvement most iudicious
an practicable and for the best in
terest of such improvements, or to
prevent the depositing OF any sub
stance above mentioned under a
permit from the Secretary of War,
which he is hereby authorized to
grant, in any place designated by
him whore navigation will not be
obstructed thereby.
SEC. 4. That it shall not be law
full to build any wharf, pier, dolphin,
boom, dam, weir, break water, bulk
head, jetty, or structure of any kind
outside established harbor lines, or
in any navigable waters of the
United States where no harbor- lines
are or may be established, without
the permission of the Secretary of
War, in any port, road stead, havcn,
harbor, navigable river, or other
waters of the United States, in such
manner as shall obstruct or impair
navigation, commerce or anchorage
nf said waters; an it shall not be
lawful hereafter to commence the
construc ton of any bridge, draw
bridge, bridge piers and abutments,
'auseways over or in any port, road,
oad-stead, haven, harbor, navigable
river, or navigable waters of the
the United States, under any act of
the Legislative assembly of any State,
until the location, and plan of such
bridge or other works have been
submitted to and approved by the
Secretary of War, or to excavate or
all, or in any manner to alter or
noiify the course, location, condi
ton or capacity OF the channel of
said navigable waters of the United
States, unless approved and author
lied by the Secretary of War: Pro
cided, that this sect on shall not APP
ply to any bridge, bridge draw,
bridge piers and abutments, the con
'truction of which has been hereto.
fore duly authorized by law, or be-
50 construed as TO authorizes the
construction of any bridge, draw.
bridge, bridge piers and abutments,
or other works, under an act of the
Legislature of any State, over or in
any stream, port, road stead, haven
or harbor, or other navigable waters
not wholly within the limits of such
State.
Sec. 10. That the creation of any
obstruction, not affirmatively auth
orized by law, to the navigable Gu
pacity of any waters, in respect OF
which the United States has iuris
diction, is hereby prohibited. The
continuance ofany such obstruction,
except bridges, piers, docks and
wharves, and similar Instructions
erected for business purposes.
whether heretofore or hereafter
created, shall constitute an offense.
and each weeks continuance of any
such obstruction shall be deemed a
separate otfense. Every person
and every corporation which shall
be guilty of creating or continuing
any such unlawful obstruction in
this act mentioned, or who shall
violate the provisions of the last
four preceding sections of this act.
shall be deemed guilty of misde,
neanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment (in the case of a
natural person. not exceeding one
year, or by both such punishments
in the discretion of the court. the
creating or continuing of any un.
lawful obstruction in this act men
toned may be prevented and such
obstruction may be caused to be re.
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