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Where any vessel or drift fouls a pier, jetty, wharf or quay and causes damage thereto, the owner or master of the vessel or the owner of the drift, as the case may be, shall be liable for the amount of such damage which may be ascertained and recovered, in accordance with rules made by the Government, either by seizure and sale of such vessel or drift and of any property thereon or in such other manner as may be prescribed.