Title 12, Title 12: COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION

12:6-13. Permit from board; conditions Every permit granted by the board for dredging in the Manasquan river, or in the Shark river west of the New York and Long Branch Railroad, shall contain a provision requiring the holder of the permit to dredge in such a manner as to establi…

12:6-14. Violations; penalty The holder of a permit violating any of the provisions of this article or any of the conditions of the permit, shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the department. Such penalty…

12:6-15. Revocation of permit The violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be cause for the revocation of any such permit, and the board, after hearing, is authorized so to do.

12:6-16. Supervision of work by board The board shall supervise all such dredging work and enforce the provisions of this article.

12:6-19. New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway; conveyance of Manasquan-Bayhead canal to the United States It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the State of New Jersey to co-operate with the United States in a project for the improvement of the New Jersey Intracoastal…

12:6-2. Marking channels of inland waterway system The board may mark by stakes, buoys, day and night signals, range marks, or otherwise, as in its judgment is necessary and expedient, the channels of the inland waterway along the Atlantic coast from Cape May to Bay Head, and the…

12:6-20. Severability clause If any provision of this act shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions hereof which can be given effect without the invalid provision or provisions, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be sever…

12:6-3. Lease of lands for construction of canals connecting lessee's lands with Bay Head and Manasquan canal The board may lease lands of the state abutting on the Bay Head and Manasquan canal to any person owning lands adjacent to the right of way acquired for the canal, and au…

12:6-3.4. Improving Shrewsbury and Manasquan rivers In addition to the powers conferred by the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement, the Department of Conservation, Division of Navigation, is hereby authorized and empowered to dredge, bulkhead and improve the S…

12:6-3.5. Work to be done when appropriation made This work shall be done when the funds for such improvements are included in any annual or supplemental appropriation bill. L.1946, c. 313, p. 1026, s. 2, eff. May 6, 1946.

12:6-3.6. Dredging and improving Oyster bay In addition to the powers conferred by the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement, the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Planning and Development, is hereby authorized and empowered to dre…

12:6-3.7. Appropriation There is hereby appropriated the sum of fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000.00), when included in any annual or supplemental appropriation bill, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act. L.1949, c. 75, p. 379, s. 2, eff. May 6, …

12:6-4. Appointment; term; compensation The board may appoint a harbor master in any locality where an inland waterway shall have been constructed or improved by the state, when, in its discretion, such appointment shall be necessary. The term of office of harbor masters so appoi…

12:6-5. General powers and duties Such harbor masters shall have authority, within the limits fixed by the board at the time of the appointment: a. To supervise the use of the inland waterways in such locality; b. To prevent permanent anchorage or obstruction of any character fro…

12:6-6. Powers with respect to power and other vessels using inland waterways Such harbor masters shall have power: a. To stop any vessel using any of the inland waterways of the state and to examine the same to see that it complies with the requirements of the law, whether in th…

12:6-7. Regulating traffic on inland and other waterways Such harbor masters shall have authority to regulate all water traffic on the inland waterways and upon other waters under the jurisdiction of the state, and shall have explicit powers to enforce all laws and regulations re…

12:6-8. Powers of board; assistance of municipalities and counties The board may improve, by deepening and widening as it shall deem advisable, such streams, creeks, rivers or inlets as connect with or are tributaries to the inland waterway system or that connect with or flow thr…

12:6-9. Improved streams to be part of inland waterway system Any stream, creek, river or inlet that is improved pursuant to section 12:6-8 of this title shall constitute and form a part of the inland waterway system of this state and shall thereafter be maintained as such by the…