United States v. McLane

The three steam-vessels above mentioned, having been seized for navigating the Chesapeake bay without complying with the terms of title 52 of the United States Revised Statutes, regulating steam-vessels, these proceedings by ivay of'libel were instituted by the United States to enforce the penalties prescribed by sections 4499 and 4500 of that article. The libels allege that the steam-vessels were found in the years 1885 and 1886 navigating waters of the United States, which are common highways of commerce, and open to general and competitive *764navigation, to-wit, the Chesapeake hay and its…