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upon any wharf in the said City shall, upon complaint and
conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace for said
City, be fined not less than five nor more than, ten dollars in
each case; one-half to the informer and the other half to the
State; to be recovered as fines imposed by the courts of this
State.

478. Any person carrying wood to Baltimore for sale may
land the same upon the State wharves whenever permitted to
do so by any Tobacco Inspector in the warehouse to which the
wharf is attached; but such permission shall not interfere with
that portion of the public wharves set apart for the use of
boats laden with tobacco.

479. The person landing wood upon the public wharves
under the preceding section shall pay the Tobacco Inspector
the sum of six and a quarter cents a cord, to be by the said
inspector paid into the State treasury, and the inspector shall
be allowed twenty per cent upon the money so received and
paid into the State treasury.

Harbor Board.

480. The Harbor Board shall have full control and man-
agement of the ice boat Annapolis, belonging jointly to the
State of Maryland and the City of Baltimore, subject to the
orders of the Governor of the State, for the use of said boat for
the public service.

481. The said Board is hereby authorized to appoint, in
conformity with the provisions of section 88 of this Article, at
such reasonable rates of pay as it may determine, and at its
pleasure to discharge, such officers and crew as may in its
judgment be deemed necessary for the proper operation and
maintenance of said boat at all times.

482. 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.