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Inspector in the warehouse to which the wharf is attached; but such per-
mission shall not interfere with that portion of the public wharves set
apart for the use of boats laden with tobacco.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 953. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 371.

479. The person landing wood upon the public wharves under the
preceding section shall pay the Tobacco Inspector the sum of six and a
quarter cents a cord, to be by the said inspector paid into the State
Treasury, and the inspector shall be allowed twenty per cent, upon the
money so received and paid into the State Treasury.

HABBOE ENGINEER.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 372. 1894, ch. 428.

480. The Harbor Engineer shall have full control and management
of the iceboat Annapolis, belonging jointly to the State of Maryland and
the City of Baltimore, subject to the orders of the Governor of the State,
for the use of said boat for the public service.

See P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, secs. 372, 377, inclusive, relating to ice boat and
harbor relief.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 373. 1894, ch. 423.

481. The said Engineer is hereby authorized to appoint, in conformity
with the provisions of Section 88 of this Article, art; such reasonable rates
of pay as he may determine, and at his pleasure to discharge, such officers
and crew as may in his judgment be deemed necessary for the proper

operation and maintenance of said boat at all times.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4. sec. 374. 1894, ch. 423.

482. The said Engineer shall employ the said boat, primarily, for the
purpose of preventing obstruction by ice to the navigation of Baltimore
harbor, and the ship channels leading thereto, and for the relief of vessels
in distress, bound to or from the port of Baltimore.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 375. 1894, ch. 423.

483. The Engineer is further authorized to use the said boat (or at his
discretion the iceboat Latrobe) in the relief from obstruction by ice of any
of the harbors or channels of the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries, when
such service can be rendered without detriment to the commerce of the
port of Baltimore, and for any other service which the said Engineer may
deem advantageous to commerce and the public interest; the Engineer
may charge such reasonable rates for towage, or relief of vessels, as he may
deem proper, having in view the public and private interests and facilities
of commerce, and the sum received for same shall be applied to the expense

of the boat.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 376. 1894, ch. 423.

484. The annual expenses of maintaining and operating said iceboat
shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.