12:9-3. Adjusting differences with respect to position of coastwise vessels; fees
If upon application of the person having charge of any vessel employed in coasting trade within the United States and entering the bay of New York or the North river within the limits of Hudson county, the harbor masters, or either of them, shall adjust any difference respecting the situation or position of such vessel, they may demand from the party in default in the premises the sum of two dollars, excepting canal barges and boats, when the fee shall be one dollar, to be sued for and recovered in the names and for the use of the harbor masters.