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the survey of the said city and the additions thereto, and of the
streets, lanes, alleys and lots thereof, when made, shall be signed
by the mayor, and the seal of the corporation thereto annexed,
and shall be deposited with the clerk of the corporation of the
city, and be received as evidence of the boundaries of said city,
and of the lots, lanes and alleys therein

49. The mayor, recorder and aldermen may repair any private
wharves belonging to persons who shall refuse, after two months'
notice, to repair the same, and they may receive the wharfage
of such wharves until such repairs are paid for, or until the
owners thereof shall pay the same.

50. They may appoint, from time to time, at such periods as
they may deem most proper and convenient, certain persons as
wardens of the port of the city of Annapolis, not less than three
nor more than five in number, who shall be removable at their
pleasure.

51. The persons so appointed shall, each, take the following
oath: "I, A. B., do swear that I will discharge the trust of
warden of the port of the city of Annapolis to the best of my
ability, without favor, affection or partiality."

52. The wardens, or a majority of them, shall have power to
determine upon and regulate all matters relating to the erection
or building of wharves in the said port, so far as respects the
distance said wharves may be extended into the water, and the
materials of which they shall be constructed, and the manner
and form of construction, always keeping in view the preserva-
tion of the navigation of said port by not permitting any wharf
to be carried out ih such manner as to render the navigation of
the same too close and confined, or to be built of such materials
or constructed in such manner as may be deemed not sufficiently
substantial and lasting.

53. No person holding lands on the waters of said port, nor
any person whatever, shall build any wharf, or carry out any
earth or other material for that purpose, without license from
said wardens, or a majority of them, to do the same; and if any
person shall offend against the provisions of this section, or if
any person shall build any wharf a greater distance into the
waters of said port, or in a different form, or of different mate-
rials than determined and allowed by the wardens, or a majority