Section 33-1-34 Ships Entering or Leaving Port of Mobile to Fly Flag of Country of Registry; Name of Country of Registry to Be Stated in Advertising, Etc.

(a) All ships entering or leaving the Port of Mobile shall fly the flag of the country in which such ship is registered and all advertising and sales of passenger ship services of such ships shall clearly state in each advertisement and on each ticket or evidence of sale of such services the name of the country in bold type in which each such ship is registered. (b) The owner of any ship which fails to comply with the requirement of subsection (a) of this section relative to the flying of the flag of the country in which the ship is registered, and the master thereof, each, forfeits to the use of the State of Alabama the sum of $500.00; and the owner of any ship and any employee or agent of such owner and any other person, firm or corporation, who publishes, distributes or circulates any advertising relative to a ship or who sells or delivers any ticket or other evidence of the sale of passenger service on a ship, which does not state the country of registry of the ship in bold letters, as required by subsection (a) of this section, each, likewise forfeits the sum of $500.00 to the use of the State of Alabama. (c) The Alabama State Port Authority through its director is hereby authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of this section.