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or ballast into the same, and to prevent filth, earth or soil from
being thrown from the wharves or land into said basin or har-
bor, so as to fill up the same or obstruct the navigation thereof.
To impose such fines for the breach of any ordinance or ordi-
nances passed in conformity therewith, not exceeding one hun-
dred and fifty dollars. To assess, levy and collect on every
thousand feet of lumber floating into or arriving at the Port of
Baltimore and washed therein, a sum not exceeding thirty cents
per thousand feet, board measure (except all lumber floating
into or arriving at said port for the purpose of being sawed in
said City or its vicinity, and all timber to be used for masts, spars
and wharfing timber), to be appropriated and applied by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for carrying into effect
the rules and regulations which it may from time to time make
respecting said harbor and port. To provide for the appoint-
ment of as many Harbor Masters, or other officers or agents as
may be necessary to execute the foregoing powers. To collect
or impose a tax, duty, toll or wharfage upon any goods, wares
or merchandise, or other articles, for passing the same over any
of the public wharves within the City of Baltimore, and the said
corporation may regulate the time during which any goods,
wares, merchandise or other articles may remain on said public
wharves, or the time which the vessels, boats or scows taking
in or discharging such goods, wares or merchandise shall re-
main at said wharves. To regulate, establish and collect such
rate of wharfage as it may think reasonable from all vessels
resorting to, lying at, depositing or transporting goods or ar-
ticles on any wharf belonging to the City, or any public wharf
in said City, other than wharves belonging to or rented by the
State, and that part of Pratt Street wharf reserved for the use
of the State.

Health.—To preserve the health of the City. To prevent and
remove nuisances. To prevent the introduction of contagious
diseases within the City, and within three miles of the same upon
land, and within fifteen miles thereof upon the navigable waters
leading thereto. To regulate the places of manufacturing
soap and candles, the erecting of slaughter-houses and distil-
leries, and where every other offensive trade may be carried on.
To regulate the construction, care, use and management of ten-