New Jersey Statutes 12:4-20. Lights on steamboats; penalty
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:4-20
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Every officer having charge of a steamboat navigating the Delaware river shall show, from sundown until sunrise, a light suspended by a staff or pole in the extreme forward part of the steamboat, at least ten feet above the deck, and also a light suspended in the same manner at the extreme after part of the steamboat, at least twenty feet above the deck.
For every violation of this section the officer having charge of the steamboat shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars to be recovered by any person who shall sue for the same.