EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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plans as the Board of Directors of said company shall ap-

prove and by resolution prescribe, but the same shall be con-

structed and at all times be maintained with a pivot draw,

To have a pivot
draw.

having an opening of not less than one hundred feet in width

on each side of the pivotal pier for the passage of vessels, suit-

ably located to accommodate navigation of said Susquehanna

river, and so as to afford a clear space between the underside

of said draw and the waters of said river at mean high water

tide of not less than fifty feet ; the said draw shall be properly

lighted at night to permit the passage of vessels, and shall be

operated at all times by and at the expense of said railroad

company ; and there shall also be anchored a buoy a reasonable

distance from the end of the pier above, and one such also at

Buoys.

a reasonable distance from the pier below, as mooring buoys

to be used by vessels passing through said draw; the said

company shall keep a good and sufficient steam tug or tow

boat at the location of said bridge, and shall at all times during

the season of the open navigation of the Susquehanna river

keep the said tug or tow boat so as to enable any vessel or

vessels to get through or from said bridge ; and in case of ne-

glect or refusal of the officer or officers of said tug boat to tow

through or from said bridge any vessel or vessels that may re-

quire the aid of said tug or tow boat, that then the said com-

Tug-boats to

pany shall be liable for damage to the owner or owners, mas-

be used.

ter or masters of said vessel or vessels for every such deten-

tion in a sum not less than five nor more than twenty dollars,

to be recovered before any justice of the peace either in Har-

ford or Cecil Counties.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Philadelphia, Bal-

timore and Washington Railroad Company is hereby author-

To maintain
additional

ized to construct, maintain and operate all such additional

tracks.

tracks and lines of railroad as the directors of said company

may deem necessary for the purposes of the said railroad com-

pany, from a point at or near Oakington Station, on the present

line of the said railroad, to the Susquehanna river, in the

town of Havre de Grace, and from the Susquehanna river, in

the town of Perry ville,, to a point at or near Principio Station,

on the present line of the said railroad, and all such additional

tracks and lines of railroad as the directors of the said com-

pany may deem necessary for the purposes of the said railroad

company between a point on the Columbia and Port Deposit

Railroad at or near Frenchtown Station, on said railroad, and

any point or points on the main line of the railroad of the said

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Com-

pany as the same is now located, or may be located under the