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WILLIAM PACA, Esq; Governor.
the directions of this act; which qualification any justice of the peace
is hereby
authorised and enjoined to administer. |
1783.
CHAP.
XXIV. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That the said wardens, or a majority of them, shall
and may order and make, as soon as conveniently may be, an exact survey
and
chart of the said bason, harbour, and river Patapsco, and shall and may
ascertain
the depth and course of the channel of the same, and if necessary affix
buoys or
water-marks, for facilitating and rendering more safe the navigation thereof. |
To make a
survey, &c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That no wharf or wharfs shall be run out, made, altered,
enlarged or extended, from or after the publication hereof, so as to divert
the course of the said channel, obstruct the harbour or bason, or to the
injury of
the same; and that no person or persons shall make, alter or extend, a
wharf or
wharfs, from and after the publication hereof, without laying before the
said
wardens a plan of his or their intended wharf or wharfs, and without consent
first
obtained, under the seal of the board, to carry the same in effect; and
in case
any person or persons shall make, alter or extend, a wharf or wharfs, without
such permission, it shall and may be lawful for the said wardens to recover,
by
warrant, before a magistrate, a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds, as
in cases
of debts not exceeding five pounds, and forthwith to cause the same to
be demolished;
provided that this act is not meant to extend to the demolition or removal
of wharfs already made, built and extended. |
Wharfs not to
be made, &c. |
X. And be it
enacted, That said wardens shall and may cause the bason and
harbour, or such part or parts thereof as to them shall seem meet, as soon
as enabled
to carry the same into effect, to be cleansed, scoured, cleared and ballasted,
and all obstructions and annoyances in and upon the said bason, harbour
and river,
whether from vessels sunk or any other cause, to be removed; and, towards
defraying the charges and costs thereof, to impose on every vessels entering
or
clearing at said port one penny per tun; which sum is to be collected and
paid to
the naval officer for said port, which officer is to draw the same commission
upon
said collection as on collections made for the state; and the naval officer
is hereby
enjoined to collect and receive the rate aforesaid, and to pay the same
from
time to time, deducting the commission aforesaid, or four times each year,
to said
wardens; said rate to continue till a sufficient sum shall be raised for
defraying
the expence aforesaid; and in case of refusal, it shall and may be lawful
for the
said wardens to recover the same before a magistrate, as in cases of debt
not exceeding
five pounds. |
Wardens to
cause bason,
&c. to be
cleaned, &c. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That no warden shall fit in judgment in the execution
of this act, or any of the powers herein contained, where he is anywise
interested
or concerned. |
No warden,
interested, to
sit in judgment,
&c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That the said wardens, or a majority of them, shall,
and they are hereby authorised, to make such rules, regulations and ordinances,
from time to time, respecting wharfs and wharfage, and the keeping them
in
repair, so as to prevent their injuring the harbour or bason, and for preventing
vessels from casting out filth or ballast, or any other cause, whether
from vessels,
wharfs, or the land or earth, or soil, contiguous to the bason or harbour,
being
thrown into the same, that may serve to fill up the said harbour or bason,
or obstruct
the navigation thereof; and to impose fines for every breach of said rules,
regulations or ordinances, not exceeding fifty pounds, to be recovered
before a
magistrate, as in debts not exceeding fifty pounds; and all fines, penalties
or
awards, the recovery of which is not specially mentioned, to be recovered
in same
manner as in cases of debts not exceeding five pounds. |
Wardens may
make rules,
&c. |
XIII. Provided
always, That no rules, regulations or ordinances, directed
to be made by this act, be repugnant to the laws of this government, and
provided
said rules, regulations or ordinances, be published in the Baltimore news-paper. |
Proviso. |
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