2968 ARTICLE 13.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 310.

305. They shall have power and authority to construct wharves at the
end of such streets as extend into the river; to rent or lease the same, and
determine upon and regulate all matters relating to the erecting or build-
ing of said wharves; and to regulate the moving of rafts, arks, and boats
and floats anchored in front of said City, to the obstruction of navigation
or the health of the citizens.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 311.

306. They shall have power to lease or rent for a term of years not
exceeding ten years, the bed of any street, or parts of streets, in the unim-
proved portion of the said City of Havre de Grace, to the owners of prop-
erty lying adjacent to the said bed of said street; provided, that no lease
shall be granted to the bed of any of said streets whereby the rights of
any person owning property on any of said streets are interfered with;
nor shall the bed of any of the said streets be leased, by which convenient
access with carriages or other vehicles to or from any cemetery may be
interfered with, unless the authorities of the church to which said ceme-
tery belongs shall first assent to the leasing of the same; nor shall the
bed of any of said streets leading to any wharf be leased, unless the owner
or renter of said wharf shall first assent to the leasing of the same.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 312.

307. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer, as soon as the annual
levy of taxes is made and placed in his hands, to give notice thereof in
the several newspapers published in said City, stating the time after which
no discount will be allowed on taxes, the time from which taxes bear
interest, and warning all taxpayers of their liability to be published as
delinquent taxpayers, and to have their property sold, unless the taxes
with which they are charged are paid on or before the first day of Janu-
ary next ensuing. He shall also immediately after the receipt of the levy
as aforesaid, make out the bill of each taxpayer, to which a similar notice
shall be annexed, and upon application shall forward the bill by mail or
otherwise to the person or his agent to whom taxes have been assessed.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 313.

308. Immediately after the first day of January in each year the City
Treasurer shall make up a list of all delinquent taxpayers and the amount
for which they are respectively in arrear, and if the said taxes are not
paid on or before the first day of February next ensuing, he shall imme-
diately thereafter cause the same to be published once a week for two
successive weeks in two newspapers if so many be published in said City
and charge a proportionate part of the cost of said publication to each
of said delinquents. Should any of the said taxes so in arrears continue
unpaid beyond the twentieth day of February after such advertisement,
the City Treasurer shall make up a further list of all taxes due and in
arrear, which list shall contain the names of the person or persons assessed,