TITLE 52 WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT

Section 8. Discharge of Substances Dangerous to Navigation or Property, 52-8-1 through 52-8-5.

ARTICLE 3 ABANDONED VESSELS

52-8-2. Duty of pilots to report unlawful discharge of stone, gravel, or other ballast into bays and harbors.

Every pilot having knowledge of the discharge of any stone, gravel, or other ballast in any bay or harbor of this state, or within three miles of the outside bar of any such bay or harbor, as specified in Code Section 52-8-1, must give information thereof to the Board of Pilotage Commissioners as soon as practicable; and, upon his failure to do so, such pilot shall be deprived of his license and shall be forever disqualified for the office of pilot.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 1488; Code 1868, § 1545; Code 1873, § 1539; Code 1882, § 1539; Civil Code 1895, § 1687; Civil Code 1910, § 1933; Code 1933, § 98-103.)