FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 423.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 372 to 377, both inclusive, of Article
4 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title " City of Balti-
more," sub-title " Harbor and River Relief Board," and to
re-enact the same with amendments.

613

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sections 372 to 377, both inclusive, of article
4 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore,"
sub-title "Harbor and River Relief Board," be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

Repeal.

372. The Harbor Board of Baltimore shall have full control
and management of the ice boat Annapolis, belonging jointly
to the State of Maryland and the city of Baltimore, subject to
the orders of Governor of the State, for the use of said boat
for the public service.

Control of
ice boat.

373. The said board is hereby authorized to appoint, at such
reasonable rates of pay as it may determine, and at its pleasure
to discharge, such officers and crew as rnay in its judgment be
deemed necessary for the proper operation and maintenance
of said boat at all times.

Officers and
crew.

374. The said board shall employ the said boat, primarily
for the purpose of preventing obstruction by ice to the navi-
gation of Baltimore harbor, and the ship channels leading
thereto, and for the relief of vessels in distress, bound to or
from the port of Baltimore.

How to be
used.

375. The board is further authorized to use the said boat (or
at its discretion the ice boat Latrobe) in the relief from obstruc-
tion by ice of any of the harbors or channels of the Chesapeake
bay or its tributaries, when such service can be rendered with-
out detriment to the commerce of the port of Baltimore, and
for any other service which the said board may deem advan-
tageous to commerce and the public interest; the board may

charge such reasonable rates for towage, or relief of vessels, as
it may deem proper, having in view the public and private
interests and facilities of commerce, and the sum received for
same shall be applied to the expense of the boat.

Further
services.

376. The annual expenses of maintaining and operating said
ice boat shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more city.

Expenses.