434 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

464 If any person shall violate the provisions of the pre-
ceding section, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may
recover, by a warrant before a Justice of the Peace, a sum not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and may forthwith
cause the said wharf to be demolished.

465. The Harbor Master of the port of Baltimore may
demand from the captain or commander of every foreign ves-
sel coming into said port for the purpose of trade and com-
merce, the sum of five dollars, as an additional compensation
for his care and diligence in the regulation of the harbor and
providing a proper station for said vessel.

466. He may, in case of delay or refusal to make such pay-
ment, sue for and recover the same before a Justice of the
Peace as small debts are recovered.

Docks.

467. The Mayor and City Council are vested with the right
and title to any land made or to be made by them out of the
water in making and completing the improvements of the City
dock, according to the plan heretofore adopted by them;
provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued to interfere with the vested rights of individuals.

468. If any vessel shall be lying in Smith's dock, Frederick
street dock or any other dock in said City, or the entrance
thereto, so as to obstruct any vessel which shall be coming into
the same, or moving from one place to another therein, or go-
ing out of the same, the vessel so obstructing shall be removed
to such place as shall be directed by the Harbor Master of the
district, or any police officer of Baltimore City, to give room to
the passing vessel, under the penalty of five dollars for refusal
so to remove, and at the rate of five dollars an hour for the
delay which shall be occasioned to the passing vessel, unless
in cases where some unavoidable casualty may make it im-
practicable to remove said obstructing vessel; and if a vessel,
when moving to make room for another, be obstructed by
any vessel, the master or .owner of such obstructing vessel shall