2420 ARTICLE 75.

An. Code, sec. 149. 1904, sec. 146. 1888, sec. 134. 1860, ch. 29.

159. Any captain, master or owner of any steamboat or other vessel
may be sued for the non-delivery or injury of any goods or chattels in the
county where the goods or chattels are received on board of his vessel or
in the city or county in which the delivery was by the contract to be
made in the same manner as he can now be sued in the county in which
he resides.

An. Code, sec. 150. 1904, sec. 147. 1888, sec. 135. 1704, ch. 92, sec. 3.

160. Every county lying on any navigable river in this State shall extend
its jurisdiction from the shore to the channel of the river that divides the
counties except where a dividing line has been fixed in such river by law,
and, where any ship or other vessel shall be in said river, process may be
served on board the said ship or vessel by the officers of either county that can
first serve it; but if she is moored or fastened to the land on either side of
said river, then she shall be considered as in the county to whose shore she
is fastened.

The jurisdiction of circuit court for Anne Arundel county extends to the channel
of Patapsco river. The act of 1704, ch. 92, applies to every county lying on a navi-
gable river, whether it was laid off at time of adoption of that act or not. Laying
of venue in a criminal information. Acton v. State, 80 Md. 549; Raab v. State, 7
Md. 483. And see Western Md., etc., Co. v. Baltimore, 106 Md. 572.

This section referred to in deciding that piers extending put into Patapsco river
beyond bulkhead line were liable to taxation by Baltimore city. Western Maryland,
etc., Co. v. Baltimore, 106 Md. 572.

An. Code, sec. 151. 1908, ch. 487.

161. The jurisdiction of every county bounded at any point by navi-
gable waters shall extend from the shore to the inside of the channel, which
shall be regarded to be the center of said waters, except where said waters
adjoin neighboring States, in which case the jurisdiction of said counties
shall continue to the ultimate limits of the State at the place in question;
provided, however, that nothing in this section or the two following sections
shall be construed as changing such rights as the State of Maryland may
have on or under such waters.

This section and the two following ones are identical with art. 27, secs. 546-548.

An. Code, sec. 152. 1908, ch. 487.

162. The center of the waters aforesaid shall be deemed to be as
represented on the county maps issued under authority of the laws of
Maryland, 1896, chapter 51, and the laws of Maryland, 1898, chapter 129,
and said maps shall be admissible as evidence as to the location of the
boundary or boundaries aforesaid.

An. Code, sec. 153. 1908, ch. 487.

163. Certified copies of said county maps shall be filed with the clerks
of the several courts for all the several counties of Maryland, and also
with the board of county commissioners of said counties; said maps to be
regarded as official and authoritative.