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authorized and requested to apply to the President of the United States for the appointment of a board consisting of three commissioners, to be detailed from the corps of engineers of the army and from the officers employed in the Coast Survey, who shall have power: 1. To cause the harbor and the adja-	Authorized and requested.
cent waters, lands, wharves and docks to be surveyed in order to ascertain the present condition and lines of the said harbor and of the Patapsco river adjacent thereto, and whether the navigation thereof is im- properly obstructed, and whether any further exten- sions of piers, wharves bulkheads or other structures into said harbor ought to be allowed and to what extent, and whether any grants, licenses or privileges already given by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the extension of such works, will, if exe- cuted, impair, obstruct or encroach upon the navi- gation of said harbor or the free and beneficial gen- eral use thereof: 2. To report the result of the sur- veys and examinations thus made to the Governor of Maryland with all convenient dispatch. 3. To re- commend to the next General Assembly the estab- lishment and definition of the outer water-lines of said harbor, beyond which no erection or permanent ob- struction of any kind shall be permitted, and to sub- mit such provisions as they may deem wise and necessary in respect to the enlarging or tilling up of the basin, docks, coves and recesses, or any part thereof; the size, position and extent of piers, wharves and bulkheads within the outer water-lines of said harbor, and to present such other recommendations as in their judgment maybe calculated to preserve for- ever the free navigation and general beneficial use of said harbor and river. 4. To cause to be prepared and	Survey harbor
submitted with their report, maps of the said harbor and its adjacent waters, exhibiting the outer waiter- lines recommended by them, and the lines of existing piers, wharves and bulkheads, accompanied with such field notes, measurements and elucidations as they may consider necessary to a full exposition and understanding of the subject.	Prepare maps.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the said commissioners, out of 20

Appropriated.