§869.  Causing desertion or interfering with authority of master; penalty

Any master of a vessel; any keeper of a boarding house for seamen, or any servant, agent or other person in his employ; and any broker, shipping master or other person engaged in procuring seamen for vessels, who goes on board a vessel without the consent of the master or other person in charge thereof, and refuses to leave when ordered to do so, or who goes on board such vessel to cause any officer or member of the crew to desert, or to leave the vessel without the consent of the master or other officer in charge thereof, or who goes on board such vessel to interfere with the execution of any command or authority of the master or other officer in charge of the vessel, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one month, nor more than twelve months, or both.