Tinken v. Stillwagon

This is an action, brought by the plaintiff, as captain of the port of New York, to recover a penalty of fifty dollars from the defendant, under section 7, chapter 487, of the Laws of 1862, as amended by chapter 586, of the Laws of 1865 (2 R. S. 6 ed. 186,188). Section 1, of chapter 487, of the Laws of 1862, makes provision for the appointment of a captain of the port, and eleven harbor-masters, who shall be subordinate to him, and prescribes their qualifications. Section 2 provides, that the captain of the port shall divide the port of New York into eleven districts, and shall place one of…