Any master or person in charge of any vessel drawing more than 12 feet of water which may enter into the dredged channel between the upper limits of the Port of Mobile and the outer bar of the Bay or Harbor of Mobile without a permit from the harbor master, or in violation of the rules and regulations of the State Pilotage Commission of the Port and Harbor of Mobile, is liable to indictment in the circuit court of Mobile County or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $10,000.00, and may also be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than 10 years.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.
Section 33-7-1 - Navigable Waters as Public Thoroughfares.
Section 33-7-2 - Opening and Cleaning Navigable Streams.
Section 33-7-3 - Obstructing Navigable Watercourse.
Section 33-7-3.1 - Obstructing Navigation on Public Waters.
Section 33-7-4 - Damages for Diverting Stream.
Section 33-7-5 - Obstructing Streams Used for Floating Timber to Market.
Section 33-7-7 - Turning Logs, Timber or Lumber Out of Boom Without Notice to Owner.
Section 33-7-8 - Opening or Cutting Loose Boom Without Authority.
Section 33-7-11 - Mobile Harbor - Injuring Ship Channel, Beacon Light, Etc.