§ 68. Investigations by inspector; penalties; reports. The inspector
upon order or pursuant to direction of the commissioner shall
investigate all violations and charges of violations of the provisions
of this article which are applicable to public vessels. Should the
investigations disclose that a person has sustained bodily injury
through accident caused as the direct result of any such violation, he
shall file with the district attorney of the county in which such
violation occurred, a statement of the nature of the violation, the
injury sustained and the names of the persons involved and of the
witnesses thereto. Any master, owner, or other person violating any of
such provisions, in addition to any other punishment prescribed by this
chapter or other law, shall forfeit to the people of the state a sum of
not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars to be fixed
by the court or justice for each and every offense; every violation
shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in case of a continuing
violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a
separate and distinct offense.