ART. 10.] CAMBRIDGE. 999

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.

1883. ch. 126.

861 On the fourth day of January in every year the county
commissioners shall appoint some suitable person as harbor-master,
who may also be the keeper of any draw in any bridge over
Cambridge creek, to serve for one year; but nothing herein shall
be construed eo as to require the harbor-master and keeper of the
draw to be one and the same person; the incumbent for each year
shall hold over until his successor is appointed; and in addition to
the duties of harbor-master, as prescribed in the preceding section,
he shall order that no steamer shall enter or leave the harbor at a
greater speed than five knots per hour, and in this order the harbor
shall extend to the outer buoy and include the entire channel dug
by artificial means; and any captain or other person in command
of a steamer disregarding this order shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction before a justice of the peace
shall be fined and punished as in the preceding section. The
draw-keeper shall appoint one hour in the morning and one hour
in the evening, that wjjl the least interfere with the travel over
said bridge, to open and close the said draw for boats and vessels
to pass through, always keeping the draw securely closed except
when a boat or vessel is actually passing through; and he shall
give notice of said time of opening and closing the draw to all
captains by handboards at said draw; and should any captain or
other person attempt to pass his boat or vessel through at any
other time except when the keeper shall open said draw, he shall
be responsible for all damage that may be done to the draw or
bridge and to persons or their property passing over said bridge at
the time. The county commissioners shall pay such reasonable
compensation for the performance of said duties as in their judg-
ment is just and proper; provided, the salary of the harbor-master
as such shall not exceed fifty dollars per annum.

1884. ch. 392.

87. If at any time any proprietor of any lands bordering upon
said creek shall desire to make improvements in the waters of said