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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Draw warrant

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller of
the Treasury shall draw his warrants on the treas-
urer at such times and in such amounts, not exceed-
ing the sums hereby appropriated, as the said board
of public works may require, upon the estimate of
the Architect having the work in charge.

In force.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1876.

CHAPTER 195.

AN ACT authorizing his excellency, the Governor,
to apply to the President of the United States for
the appointment of a board of three commissioners,
to be detailed for the survey of the harbor of Balti-
more city, and the adjacent waters, and the estab-
lishment of the pier and bulkhead-lines thereof,
and appropriating five thousand dollars to pay the
expenses of said board.

Preamble

WHEREAS, it has been represented to this General
Assembly, that the harbor of the City of Baltimore
has been and is unnecessarily obstructed, encroached
upon and injured by the erection of wharves, piers
and bulkheads, and that the area and channel thereof
are likely to be further narrowed by privileges
granted by the Mayor and City Council, without
sufficient information and inquiry as to the extent
of the injury to be inflicted thereby; with the view
therefore, of obtaining such information as may
enable the General Assembly to control such works
and to prevent such injury in future.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Governor be, and he is hereby