Title 12, Title 12: COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION

12:4-13. Pilotage commissioners to prosecute violations The commissioners of pilotage shall prosecute all violations of this article.

12:4-14. Disposition of fines All fines collected by the commissioners of pilotage under this article shall constitute a fund in the hands of the commissioners to pay the necessary expenses of carrying the same into effect.

12:4-15. Rights of board of commerce and navigation not affected Nothing in this article shall interfere with the powers, rights, duties and privileges of the board of commerce and navigation.

12:4-16. Approaching, passing and opening drawbridges; injuries to; penalties Any person who shall: a. Having command of a vessel, come within ten rods of a drawbridge without first lowering his sails so as to prevent the vessel from coming against the bridge until it is opened s…

12:4-17. Recovery of penalties 12:4-17. The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine actions for the recovery of penalties under R.S.12:4-16. All such penalties shall be enforced and collected under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.…

12:4-18. Showing light on vessel at anchor; penalty Every officer having charge of a vessel lying at anchor in the Delaware river shall show from sundown until sunrise, a light at some conspicuous part of the vessel, at least ten feet above the deck. For every violation of this s…

12:4-19. Collision of navigating vessel with anchored vessel showing light; liability for damages When a vessel navigating the Delaware river shall collide with a vessel lying at anchor and having a light on board as required by section 12:4-18 of this title, the officer having c…

12:4-2. Destroying or removing buoys and other markers; penalty A person who shall carelessly, willfully or wantonly destroy, mutilate, break, remove or interfere with any buoy, beacon, channel pole, marking or other device fixed and established in any navigable water in this sta…

12:4-20. Lights on steamboats; penalty Every officer having charge of a steamboat navigating the Delaware river shall show, from sundown until sunrise, a light suspended by a staff or pole in the extreme forward part of the steamboat, at least ten feet above the deck, and also a …

12:4-21. Anchoring in channel of Raritan bay prohibited No person in charge of a vessel shall willfully come to or lie at anchor in the channel of Raritan bay northwesterly from Keyport dock in Monmouth county for the distance of six hundred yards, which channel shall be three hu…

12:4-22. Penalties; liability for damages Any person violating section 12:4-21 of this title shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense and also to any damages sustained by the person injured thereby. For every twenty-four hours a vessel shall lie at anchor i…

12:4-3. Owners of docks, wharves and piers may collect wharfage, dockage and rent; no hindrance to navigation The owners or holders of all docks, wharves, storehouses and piers may: a. Use, possess and repair the same; b. Lay any vessel alongside the same; c. Demand, receive and …

12:4-4. Ice boats to keep Delaware river open L.1920, c. 69, p. 121 (1924 Suppl. s.s. 139-13a, 139-13b), entitled "An act authorizing the acquisition, maintenance and operation by the state of New Jersey, in conjunction with the state of Pennsylvania, of ice boats to keep the Del…

12:4-5. Boats or barges sunken or stranded in navigable river; notice to remove Whenever a boat, barge or scow is stranded or sunk in any of the navigable waters of this state and left remaining for a period of thirty days by the owners or persons having the same in charge, the b…

12:4-6. Removal by board of freeholders; contract for removal; sale of wreck and cargo If the boat, barge or scow shall not have been removed at the expiration of said thirty days, the board of chosen freeholders may declare it a public nuisance and forfeited to the state and cau…

12:4-7. Costs and expenses of removal; payment by county; reimbursement The cost of removing the sunken or stranded boat, barge or scow, with the incidental expenses and charges connected therewith, shall be made up and certified by the board of chosen freeholders. Upon such cert…

12:4-8. Surplus of sale paid to state treasurer Any surplus obtained by the sale of the wreck and cargo over and above the costs and expenses of removal, in any one instance, shall be paid into the state treasury.

12:4-9. Limitation of cost of removal The amount to be paid out under and by the provisions of this article, either by the county or the state, for the removal of any one sunken or stranded boat, barge or scow, shall not exceed one thousand dollars.