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[CITE: 16USC783]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
  CHAPTER 11--REGULATION OF LANDING, CURING, AND SALE OF SPONGES TAKEN 
               FROM GULF OF MEXICO AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA
 
Sec. 783. Punishment for violations of law; liability of vessels

    Every person, partnership, or association guilty of a violation of 
the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to a fine of not more 
than $500, and in addition such fine shall be a lien against the vessel 
or boat on which the offense is committed, and said vessel or boat shall 
be seized and proceeded against by process of libel in any court having 
jurisdiction of the offense.

(Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 253, Sec. 3, 38 Stat. 692.)
