Chap. 92.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 8th and 1Uth Sections of
Chapter 93 of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1860), in Regard to the
Illegal Unloading of Ballast.

Approved March 4, 1871.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, ‘That sections
eight and ten of chapter ninety-third of the Code (edition of
eighteen hundred and sixty), be amended and re enacted so as
to read as follows:

Ҥ 8. Every commander of a ship or vessel having ballast to
unlade, shall give notice in writing, to some ballast master of
the district, of the time when he intends to unlade the same.
If any such commander shall land or cast overboard any bal-
last without giving such notice, or otherwise than according to
the directions of a ballast master, he shall forfeit one hundred
and fifty dollars. The penalty prescribed by this section, so
far as it regards offences committed against the same in any
part of the Potomac river, shall be enforced before any justice
of the peace, or any court, of the corporation of Alexandria.”

Ҥ 10. Ifa commander of any vessel from which ballast has
been unladed, shall, when required by any ballast master, jus-
tice, sheriff, or constable, of the district, county, or town, ad-
jacent to which such vessel may ride, fail to produce the certi-
ficate of the ballast master or other person who superintended
the unlading thereof, he shall forfeit thirty dollars; and the
penalty prescribed by this section, so far as it regards offences
committed against the same in any part of the Potomac river,
shall be enforced before any justice of the peace, or any court,
of the corporation of Alexandria.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.