208 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 101

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Article 23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, entitled "Wicomico County", be, and the same is hereby
amended by the addition thereto of one new section to follow
immediately after Section 312D, of Article 23 of the said Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, said new section to be pre-
ceded by the sub-title "Harbors, Docks and Wharves", said new
section so added to be numbered Section 312E of said Article
23, and to read as follows:

Section 312E. The Mayor and Council of Salisbury shall
have full power and authority to provide for the preservation
of the navigation of the Wicomico River and tributaries, in-
cluding the establishment of lines throughout the entire
length of said Wicomico River and tributaries, within the City
Limits of Salisbury, Maryland, beyond which lines no piers,
bulkheads, wharf, pilings, structures, obstructions or exten-
sions of any character may be built, erected, constructed, made
or extended; to provide for improving, cleaning and deepen-
ing said river and tributaries, and the removal therefrom of
anything detrimental to navigation or health; to provide for
and regulate the stationing, anchoring and moving of vessels
or other water craft, and to prevent any material, refuse or
other matter of any kind from being thrown into, deposited
in or placed where the same may fall, or be washed, into said
river or tributaries; to make surveys or charts of the Wicom-
ico River and tributaries, and to ascertain the depth and course
of the channels of the same; and when necessary in its judg-
ment, to affix buoys or water marks for facilitating and ren-
dering more safe the navigation thereof; to erect and main-
tain and to authorize the erection and maintenance of, and to
make such regulations as it may deem proper, respecting
wharves, bulkheads, piers and piling, and the keeping of the
same in repair, so as to prevent injury to navigation or health;
and the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, Maryland, is here-
toy authorized and given full authority upon application of
the Mayor and Council of Salisbury and subject to such notice
as said Court may require to direct and require, by mandatory
injunction or other appropriate action, the owner or owners of
any property or properties contiguous to said Wicomico River
and tributaries to comply with such regulation or direction
by Ordinance of the Mayor and Council of Salisbury, as may
be regularly made under the terms of this section respecting
wharves, bulkheads, piers and piling and the construction and
use thereof and the keeping of same in repair so as to prevent
injury to navigation or public health; to regulate the use of
public wharves, docks, piers, bulkheads or pilings, and to lease
or rent the same, and to impose and collect wharfage and other
charges upon all goods, wares, merchandise or other articles