Section 33-1-33

Failure to remove dangerous vessels on order of port authority.

Any owner or any agency in control of any vessel that is anchored, moored or made fast to the shore when the same is in bad repair and liable to sink, who fails to remove it from the harbor to a designated place when directed to do so by an accredited agent of the port authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding $500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. The offender shall be guilty of a new and similar offense and subject to the same penalty for each 48 hours that elapses after the order to remove said vessel from the harbor or seaport is served. Any fines so collected shall be paid to the port authority and by it placed to the credit of the operating fund.

(Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1, § 19; Code 1940, T. 38, §43.)