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belonging to the said railroad company, crossing said river
between Havre de Grace and Perryville; the said bridge
hereby authorized shall be constructed generally accord-
ing to such plans as the Board of Directors of said com-
pany shall approve and by resolution prescribe, but the
same shall be constructed and at all times be maintained
with a pivot draw, having an opening of not less than
one hundred feet in width on each side of the pivotal pier
for the passage of vessels, suitably located to accommo-
date navigation of said Susquehanna river, and so as to
afford a clear space between the underside of said draw
and the waters of said river at mean high water tide of
not less than fifty feet; the said draw shall be properly
lighted at night to permit the passage of vessels, and
shall be operated at all times by and at the expense of said
railroad company; and there shall also be anchored a buoy
a reasonable distance from the end of the pier above, and
one such also at a reasonable distance from the pier be-
low, as mooring buoys to be used by vessels passing
through said draw; the said company shall from March
15th to March 31st, and during the months of April, May,
June, July, August, September, October and November in
each year keep a good and sufficient steam or gasoline tug
or tow boat at the location of said bridge, and shall dur-
ing said months keep the said tug or tow boat so as to en-
able any vessel or vessels to get through or from said
bridge; and in case of neglect or refusal of the officer or
officers of said tug boat to tow through or from said bridge
any vessel or vessels that may require the aid of said tug
or tow boat, that then the said company shall be liable for
damage to the owner or owners, master or masters of said
vessel or vessels for every such detention in a sum not less
than five nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered
before any justice of the peace either in Harford or Cecil
Counties.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 2 of Chapter 542 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland of 1908, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
so as to read as follows:

2. That when the said bridge shall be by the said
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Com-
pany put in suitable condition for use as a bridge for ve-
hicular and pedestrian traffic, and shall have been by the
said company transferred and conveyed as authorized by