DORCHESTER COUNTY. 2221

of 1878, Chapter 70; and every person offending against the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a public nuisance, and on indict-
ment and conviction in said court shall be fined a sum equal to the cost
of removing said nuisance, and shall be confined in the county jail until
the said fine and costs are paid; and to enable the court to determine the
amount of the said fine, they shall at the time of the trial hear evidence
of the probable cost of removing such nuisance; and if any person shall
unload, discharge, or throw overboard any ballast, stones, shells, earth,
sawdust, or other like matter, or suffer the same to run from his premises
into the said creek or harbor as defined as aforesaid, or shall fill up or
obstruct the navigation of the same, he shall be deemed guilty of a public
nuisance, and shall, on indictment and conviction as aforesaid, be pun-
ished by fine, at the discretion of the court, and be committed as afore-
said until the said fine and costs are paid, for a period not less than thirty
days nor more than six months, in the discretion of the court; provided,
that the bedding of oysters in said creek above the railroad bridge, as it
now spans said creek, is not to be embraced within the provisions of this
section; and provided, that this section shall not be construed to apply
to such marine railways as are now or may hereafter be constructed to
run into said creek, or to the obstructions and improvements necessarily
incident thereto.

P. L. L., 1888. Art. 10, sec. 85. 1878, ch. 70.

112, The harbor master, appointed under Section 113, shall have full
power and authority, and it shall be his duty, to regulate said inner har-
bor, and the steamers, vessels and craft of all kinds entering therein, and
to prevent the same from mooring or anchoring so as to obstruct naviga-
tion or interfere with the movements of one another, and to cause their
removal from one point to another for that purpose; and upon the owner,
captain or other person in charge neglecting or refusing to obey the
authority of said harbor master, and persisting in anchoring or mooring
his steamer, vessel or other craft at any point forbidden by him, or neg-
lecting or refusing to remove the same when by said officer called on to
do so, and upon the announcement of his official position, except steamers,
vessels or other craft lying at wharf discharging cargo, or lying at wharf
in employment, or by consent of owner of such wharf, the said harbor
master shall have full authority to cause said steamer, vessel or other
craft to be removed and to employ assistance therefor; and every person
violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace
of said county, shall be fined ten dollars and costs for each offence, and
stand committed until such fine and costs are paid; and when the said
harbor master shall have been obliged to employ assistance in removing
such steamer, vessel or other craft, the expense of the same shall be added
to such costs; the fine to be paid into the public school fund of said county.