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Code · Louisiana · Title 48 — Roads, Bridges and Ferries

RS 48:996

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RS 48:996
§996. Vessels not to be moored within one hundred yards of ferry routes; penalty
No craft or vessel shall be moored, anchored, or stationed in the waters of any navigable stream within one hundred yards of the usual line of passage of any ferry-boat when plying from one of its wharves or landing places to the other. However, this Section does not apply to craft or vessels regularly moored and made fast to the established wharves adjoining the wharves or landing places of ferries.
Any master or owner of a craft or vessel moored, anchored, or stationed in violation of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. In default of payment of the fine, he shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days.
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