ART. 98.] WHARVES AND STATE WHARFINGER. 1447

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 97, sec 8. 1827, ch. 162, sec. 2.

3. The bond executed by said wharfinger shall be filed by the
secretary of State among the papers and documents in his charge,
and a copy thereof, certified under his hand and seal, shall be
evidence of the execution and approval thereof, and shall be good
evidence in any court of law or equity in this State.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1827, ch. 162. sec. 3.

4. It shall be the duty of the State wharfinger so appointed,
to take charge of the wharves which he may be directed and
authorized to take charge of, belonging to or rented by the State,
within said city, and to charge and collect from all vessels and
persons resorting to or using any of said wharves that he may
have charge of, the rates of wharfage as are now authorized by
any law or ordinance within said city, or may hereafter be estab-
lished by the mayor and city council of Baltimore.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1827, ch. 162, sec. 3. 1865, ch. 12.

5. He shall be vested with the same powers in regard to the
care of said wharves or such part thereof as may be under his
care and direction, and the regulating of vessels and persons
resorting to and using them, as any harbor master or other officer
within the city of Baltimore; and any of said persons who shall
refuse or neglect to obey his orders, given in the execution of his
said powers, shall pay and forfeit to this State the same fine that
in the like case a person who should refuse or neglect to obey the
orders of any harbor master within the said city, would, by virtue
of the ordinances of the city of Baltimore, pay and forfeit to the
said city. He shall aiso be vested with the same powers in
regard to the collection of wharfage, and of fines and penalties as
any harbor master within the said city.

Ibid sec. 6. 1827, ch 162, sec. 3

6. He shall deposit monthly in such banks as the treasurer
shall designate, to the credit of the treasurer, four-fifths part of
the amount of all moneys which he shall collect from time to
time for wharfage, retaining one-fifth as a compensation for
collecting the same.