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BALTIMORE CITY.

wharves, belonging to the said mayor and city council, or any
public wharf in the said city, other than the wharves belonging
to or rented by the state, and that part of Pratt street wharf
heretofore reserved for the use of the citizens of this state, any
thing in any former act of assembly to the contrary notwith-
standing.

Acts incon-
sistent
hero with
repealed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts,
inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this act, be
and the same are hereby repealed.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act to appoint State Wharfingers
in the City of Baltimore, and to authorize the Collection of Wharfage
in certain cases in said City. — 1835, ch. 349.

Wharfage;
collection)
rate.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That hereafter on all vessels lying at or opposite to any of the
public wharves in the city of Baltimore, the state wharfinger
shall be authorized to demand and collect for wharfage, a ton-
nage duty of one cent per ton burthen for the first tier, two-
thirds of a cent per ton for the second tier, and half a cent per
ton for all vessels beyond the second tier for each and every day
or part of a day, they shall so lie or remain, and if any vessel
laden with wood, shall so lie without landing any part of her
cargo, no duty other than the tonnage duty above specified,
shall in that case be demanded by the state wharfinger.

On wood.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever wood shall be
landed on the wharves belonging to the state, it shall be the
duty of the wood inspector measuring the same, forthwith to
report to the state wharfinger the number of cords so landed,
with the name of the vessel from which the same was landed.

On lumber.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
inspectors of lumber in the city of Baltimore, to report without
delay to the state wharfingers, the quantity of lumber which
may at any lime hereafter be landed upon any of the state's
wharves, and that the state wharfinger be, and he is hereby
authorized and required to exact and collect for wharfage
thereon, ten cents for every thousand feet superficial.

Wharves to
be paved,
&c.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the state wharfinger be,
and he is hereby authorized and required to cause the public
wharves in front of the state's tobacco inspection houses, to be
graduated and paved at the expense of the state.

Wharfin-
ger's salary.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That an additional compensation
of two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, shall, from and
after the. passage of this act, be allowed and paid to the stated
wharfinger.

WITNESSES.
By 1816, ch. 193, witnesses were allowed one dollar a day for their at-
tendance on the city court.
See 1818, ch. 141, title, 'City Court,' ante page 1453.