(615 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 47a)
Sec. 1.
It is unlawful to tie up or anchor vessels or other water craft in
public or navigable waters of the State of Illinois in such a manner as to
prevent or obstruct in any manner, between the shore lines thereof, the
passage of any vessels or craft; or to voluntarily or carelessly sink, or
permit or cause to be sunk, vessels or other water craft in such waters; or
to float loose timber and logs, or to float what is known as sack rafts of
timber and logs in streams or channels actually navigated by commercial
craft in such manner as to obstruct, impede, or endanger navigation.
Whenever a vessel, raft, or other water craft is wrecked and sunk in any
such waters, accidentally or otherwise, it is the duty of the owner of such
sunken craft to immediately mark it with a buoy or beacon during the day
and a lighted lantern at night, and to maintain such marks until the sunken
craft is removed or abandoned, and the neglect or failure of the said owner
so to do is unlawful. It is the duty of the owner of any such sunken craft
to commence the immediate removal of the same, and prosecute such removal
diligently. Failure of an owner to so remove any such sunken craft, shall
be considered as an abandonment of such craft, and subject the same to
removal by the state as hereinafter provided.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 515.)
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