XVI.  And be it Enacted, by  the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That the said Wharf shall be kept as clear as possible from being incommoded
by the long lying of Staves or other Lumber thereon; and that no such
Lumber shall be suffered to lie thereon longer than Six Days, without Permission
of the said Wharfinger, or Two of the Commissioners aforesaid; but
the Persons owning the same, after Notice given by the said Wharfinger,
shall remove the same in Three Days after such Notice, on Penalty of Five
Shillings Money aforesaid, to be recovered before a single Magistrate, to be
applied to the Uses aforesaid.

    XVII.  And be it further Enacted, by  the Authority aforesaid, That the said
Commissioners, or the major Part of them, for the Time being, shall have
Power to apply and set apart any Part of the Public Squares or Vacancies, to
the Use of any religious Society or Persuasion, for the Building thereon any
House or Houses for Public Worship, and to such other Public Uses, as to
them, or the major Part of them, shall appear to be for the Interest, Profit,
and Conveniency of the Inhabitants of the sid Town; and shall also have
Power to Lease any Part or Parcels of the said Squares or Vacancies laid out
and reserved for public Uses, for any Term not exceeding Twenty-one Years,
or Three Lives, for an annual Rent, and shall not otherwise alienate any of
the said Squares or Vacancies:  All which Rents and Profits so arising, the
Commissioners shall from Time to Time account for in the manner herein
before expressed, to be applied to the Use of the Public of Charles-Town aforesaid.

    XVIII.  And to the End that Timber may be preserved for the public Use,
such as Fencing in all or part of the Common, the raising of the Wharf, or
other Public Occasions; Be it also Enacted, That the Commissioners, or the
major Part of them, are hereby impowered, if they see Cause, to mark or
lay out in the Common of Charles-Town aforesaid, the Quantity of One Hundred
Acres, which shall appear to them to be best Timbered and Convenient;
and that no Timber or other Trees growing or standing within the Bounds 
thereof, above the Girt of Eighteen Inches, to be taken or measured at the
Height of Three Foot from the Ground, shall be cut down by any of the
Inhabitants of the said Town, or others, without Leave of the said Commissioners,
or the major Part of them, on the Penalty of Ten Shillings Money
aforesaid for every Tree so cut down, to be recovered before a single Magistrate
of said County; one Half of which Forfeiture to be paid to the
Informer, the other half to the Commissioners, to be applied and accounted 
for as abovesaid.

    XIX.  And whereas, notwithstanding the Plenty of Timber near the said
Town, and the great Conveniencies of Forges, for the Encouragement of
Building Sea-Vessels and others, and thereby settling in the said Town many
useful Tradesmen and Labourers, yet for want of sufficient Depth of Water
near the Shore, within any part of the Bounds of the said Town and Common,
the proceeding in that useful and necessary Branch of Trade is altogether
impracticable: And whereas, in the Opinion of skilful Workmen, there
is but one Place near the Boundaries of said Town, called Seneca Point, at