other substance tending to fill up the said river or
obstruct the navigation between the railroad wharf
and Tangier Sound, nor shall it be lawful to an
chor or place any boat, vessel, timber, rafts or
floats of any kind in said river between said points
in the track of inward or outward bound vessels,
or to hinder and delay the passage of any such

Fines.

vessels in or out; and any person who shall be
guilty of cither of the offences mentioned shall
forfeit and pay a fine of not less than twenty nor
more than one hundred dollars at the discretion of
the Justice trying the same, to be recovered with
costs as other small debts before a Justice of the
Peace of said county in the name of the State, one-
half for the use of the school fund of said county,
the other half for the use of the informer, and if
any boat or vessel while anchored or placed in the
said river contrary to this Act shall be collided
with and damaged by any inward or outward vessel
the owner or owners thereof shall not be entitled
to recover for any such loss or injury, but this Act
and the violation thereof shall be a full justifica-
tion of such inward or outward bound vessel so
colliding.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall
take effect from the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 296.

Passed Mar.
18,1867.

AN ACT to incorporate the Hagerstown Water
Company.

Incorporated.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That a company shall be established
in the town of Hagerstown, Washington county,
for the purpose of supplying said town with pure
water; the capital stock whereof shall be fifty
thousand dollars, divided into one thousand shares
of fifty dollars each, and that subscriptions to
constitute said stocks shall, on the first Monday in