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§76‑58.  Interfering with buoys, beacons, and day marks.

If any person shall moor anykind of vessel, or any raft or any part of a raft, to any buoy, beacon, or daymark placed in the waters of North Carolina by the authority of the UnitedStates Lighthouse Board, or shall in any manner hang on with any vessel orraft, or part of a raft, to any such buoy, beacon, or day mark, or shallwillfully remove, damage, or destroy any such buoy, beacon, or day mark, orshall cut down, remove, damage, or destroy any beacon erected on land in thisState by the authority of the said United States Lighthouse Board, or throughunavoidable accident run down, drag from its position, or in any way injure anybuoy, beacon, or day mark, as aforesaid, and shall fail to give notice as soonas practicable of having done so, to the lighthouse inspector of the districtin which said buoy, beacon, or day mark may be located, or to the collector ofthe port, or, if in charge of a pilot, to the collector of the port from whichhe comes, he shall for every such offense be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1858‑9,c. 58, ss. 2, 3; 1883, c. 165, s. 1; Code, s. 3085; Rev., s. 3546; C.S., s.6999; 1993, c. 539, s. 576; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_76 > GS_76-58

§76‑58.  Interfering with buoys, beacons, and day marks.

If any person shall moor anykind of vessel, or any raft or any part of a raft, to any buoy, beacon, or daymark placed in the waters of North Carolina by the authority of the UnitedStates Lighthouse Board, or shall in any manner hang on with any vessel orraft, or part of a raft, to any such buoy, beacon, or day mark, or shallwillfully remove, damage, or destroy any such buoy, beacon, or day mark, orshall cut down, remove, damage, or destroy any beacon erected on land in thisState by the authority of the said United States Lighthouse Board, or throughunavoidable accident run down, drag from its position, or in any way injure anybuoy, beacon, or day mark, as aforesaid, and shall fail to give notice as soonas practicable of having done so, to the lighthouse inspector of the districtin which said buoy, beacon, or day mark may be located, or to the collector ofthe port, or, if in charge of a pilot, to the collector of the port from whichhe comes, he shall for every such offense be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1858‑9,c. 58, ss. 2, 3; 1883, c. 165, s. 1; Code, s. 3085; Rev., s. 3546; C.S., s.6999; 1993, c. 539, s. 576; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_76 > GS_76-58

§76‑58.  Interfering with buoys, beacons, and day marks.

If any person shall moor anykind of vessel, or any raft or any part of a raft, to any buoy, beacon, or daymark placed in the waters of North Carolina by the authority of the UnitedStates Lighthouse Board, or shall in any manner hang on with any vessel orraft, or part of a raft, to any such buoy, beacon, or day mark, or shallwillfully remove, damage, or destroy any such buoy, beacon, or day mark, orshall cut down, remove, damage, or destroy any beacon erected on land in thisState by the authority of the said United States Lighthouse Board, or throughunavoidable accident run down, drag from its position, or in any way injure anybuoy, beacon, or day mark, as aforesaid, and shall fail to give notice as soonas practicable of having done so, to the lighthouse inspector of the districtin which said buoy, beacon, or day mark may be located, or to the collector ofthe port, or, if in charge of a pilot, to the collector of the port from whichhe comes, he shall for every such offense be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1858‑9,c. 58, ss. 2, 3; 1883, c. 165, s. 1; Code, s. 3085; Rev., s. 3546; C.S., s.6999; 1993, c. 539, s. 576; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)