ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 449

CHAPTER 255.

AN ACT to authorize James S. Morsell, Jr., of
Calvert County. Mason L. Weems, George F.
Needham, of Baltimore City, and William B.
Hill, of Prince George's County, to construct a
pier at No. 3 Tobacco Warehouse Wharf, in the
City of Baltimore.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That James S. Morsell, Jr., of Cal- vert County, Mason L. Weems, George F. Need- ham, of Baltimore City, and William B. Hill, of Prince George's County, be and are hereby granted
the use, privilege and right of the State Tobacco Wharf at No. 3 Tobacco Warehouse, in Baltimore City, free of charge, for the term of ten years from the date of the passage of this Act, for the pur- pose of building a pier to be used for landing tobacco and other country produce, other than cord wood, brought to the City of Baltimore by the Patuxent line of steamers owned by the afore- said Mason L. Weems: Provided, That but one steamer of said line shall lay at the pier at the same time.	Construct, Pier for steam- ers.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That thirty feet of the aforesaid wharf, and eighty feet of said pier on the south side of the said pier, and one-half the length of the same, shall be set aside and left exclusively for the use of sail boats bringing tobacco to the State Warehouse, and other country produce, other than cord wood, on which said pro- duce or other articles the State Wharfinger shall	A portion set aside.
collect wharfage according to the rate of charges established by the laws of the State, the same to be governed and regulated as the entire wharf is now regulated by the laws of Maryland, and nothing herein contained shall prevent sail vessels from landing tobacco and other country produce, other than cord wood, upon any part of said pier set apart for the use of vessels carrying tobacco, in the absence of said steamers: Provided, said sail	Regulation of Wharf.
boats shall not interfere with the free ingress and egress of said steamers to and from her side of the pier, and, further, it shall be the duty of the State Wharfinger to enforce the provisions of this section. 29	Sail boats not to interfere.