Section 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.