ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 745

and to take in as much sail as shall be necessary to prevent damage by carelessness be'fore going through the same, and at a sufficient distance therefrom, to remove liability of injury or damage to said drawbridge by the headway of such vessels, and shall use in the management of said vessels reasonable care to prevent injury.		Prevent dam- ages.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That any person or persons, by reason of gross neglect or inattention, shall violate the second Section of this Act, shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each and every such offence, and pay all damages that may be done to the said bridge.		Penalty for gross neglect.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 4, 1870.		In force.
CHAPTER 416.
AN ACT to amend certain portions of the Act entitled An Act to Incorporate the Cecil and Harford Counties Boom Company, passed at the January Session of eighteen hundred and sixty- seven, Chapter one hundred and ninety-five, and to require the said Company to remove cer- tain and all obstructions placed by them in the Susquehanna River, in violation of the aforesaid Act.
WHEREAS, The Cecil and Harford Counties Boom Company claim, under their Act of Incorporation, passed at the January Session of eighteen hun- dred and sixty-seven, Chapter one hundred and ninety-five, the right and power to condemn gen- erally the shores and fisheries of the Susquehanna River and its neighboring streams, which claim, if allowed, will give this, a mere private corpora- tion, the monopoly and control of the shores and fisheries aforesaid, to the great hurt and perma- nent injury of the owners thereof and the public; and,	Preamble.