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ART. 4.] FERRIES. 387
tion held under the terms of this sub-title of this article, but shall
subject the person whose duty it is to make such publication, and
who fails so to do, to the penalties prescribed by section 294.
1886, ch. 503.
297. No expense shall be incurred by the city of Baltimore in
the conduct of any elections held under the provisions of this
sub-title of this article.
FERRIES.
1868, ch. 187.
298. The Broadway and Locust Point steam ferry company
of Maryland is created to establish a steam ferry, suitable to
transport passengers, goods, wagons, carriages, live stock, or any
other transportable article, across, over and within the harbor of
Baltimore; and the said corporation is made capable of erecting
wharves, buildings, or any other contrivances necessary or con-
venient for the conduct of the business of the ferry, for which
purpose the said corporation is authorized to purchase, hold, sell,
rent or lease land. And the said company is authorized and
empowered to hold and use as a wharf or landing, for the use of
said ferry, the end of the wharf commonly known as the county
wharf, together with a right of way in common with others,
through the centre of the said wharf, of the width of ten feet,
as a thoroughfare for travel to and from the end of said wharf;
and all the remainder of the border sides and surface of the said
wharf, except the end and right of way granted, is reserved ex-
clusively for the landing of such fruits, vegetables, and other
agricultural products as may be brought from the counties to the
city of Baltimore, for sale or otherwise.
Broadway and Locust Point Ferry Co. v. Hankey, 31 Md. 346.
1870, ch. 436.
299. The said corporation is authorized and empowered to
occupy and use the wharf at the foot of Haubert street, in the
city of Baltimore, as a wharf or landing place for the ferry
boats of said company, in exclusion of all other steam ferry boats
plying in the harbor of said city.
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