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	of such wharf, the said harbor master shall have full
	authority to cause said steamer, vessel or other craft
	to be removed, and to employ assistance therefor,	Employ assis-
	and every person violating the provisions of this sec-	tance
	tion, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
	upon conviction thereof, before any Justice of the
	Peace of said county, shall be fined ten dollars and	Penalty.
	costs for each offense, and stand committed until
	such fine and costs are paid, and when the said har-
	bor master shall have been obliged to employ assis-
	tance in removing such steamer, vessel or other craft
	the expense of the same shall be added to such costs,	Costs to be
	the fine to be paid into the Public School Fund of	added.
	said county.
	SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That on or before the
	first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred
	and seventy-nine, the County Commissioners of
	Dorchester county shall appoint some suitable per- son as Harbor Master, in pursuance of the preceding	Shall appoint Harbor Mas-
	section, to serve for one year from the said first day	ter.
	of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine to
	the first day of January, in the year eighteen hun-
	dred and eighty, and shall make a like appointment
	annually thereafter, the harbor master for each year	Term of of-
	to hold over until his successor is appointed accord-	fice.
	ing to law, and the said County Commissioners are	Authorized
	hereby authorized and required to levy the sum of	to levy.
	fifty dollars per annum to and for the use of the	Compensa-
	harbor master so to be appointed by them as com-	tion.
	pensation for his services.
	SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
	effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved March 13, 1878.