ART. 4.] CITY OF BALTIMORE.

and with such machinery and equipment as they
may deem most suitable for the purpose of keeping

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open and free from ice, the harbor of the city of
Baltimore and the access thereto in all weather and
under all circumstances.

Vessel to keep
harbor free
from ice.

275. The said board are further authorized and
directed to appoint a suitable superintendent of the
construction and management of the said steamer,
as well as suitable officers and crew for her naviga-
tion, at such reasonable salaries as the said board
may determine, subject to removal, in the discretion
of said board, and also to make, and cause to be
obeyed and executed all such rules and regulations
as they may consider necessary and proper for the
control and direction of the said steamer and all
persons connected with her in and about the ser-
vice aforesaid. And the said board are further re-

Ibid, s 3.
Superintend-
ent and officers,
&c , of vessel.

quired to cause the said steamer to be employed,
so far as they may deem prudent and proper, dur-
ing the season when the said harbor may be unob-
structed, in towing vessels and aiding and promoting
the ingress and egress of the same to and from the
said harbor, and in and upon the Chesapeake bay,
and Patapsso river, at such moderate rates as they
may establish, regard being bad to the interests and

How vessel to
be employed.

facilities of commerce; provided, always, that said
steamer shall not be so employed in anywise during
the season when her services as an icebreaker shall
be needed, except in the case of vessels in distress
bound to or from said city, in which service she may
be employed by the board at any time when her ser-
vices, if any, shall be compensated only as in the
nature of towage, and not salvage services.

Proviso.

276. A majority of said board shall constitute a
quorum, and determine the action of the same; they
shall report their proceedings to the general assem-

Ibid s 4
Annual state-
ments of
receipts and
expenditures.

bly and the mayor and city council of Baltimore at
the regular sessions thereof, and shall render an
annual account of their receipts and disbursements
to the accounting officers of the state and city re-

Reports to
legislature, &c.