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in like manner .as the salaries of the other officers of the courts
are now paid, as prescribed in section 372.

Approved April 8, 1908.

CHAPTER 170.

AN ACT to repeal sections 465, 466, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473,
474, 475, 476 and 477, and to repeal and re-enact with amend-
ments sections 88, 463, 464 and 468 of article 4, entitled "City
of Baltimore," of the Public Local Laws of Maryland.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 465, 466, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475,
476 and 477 of article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore," of the
Public Local Laws of Maryland, be and the same are hereby
repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That sections 88, 463, 464
and 468 of article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore," of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland, be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

88. The Harbor Board shall be the head of the third sub-
department of Public Improvements, which shall have charge
of the harbor, wharves and navigable waters, including bridges
over same, in and adjacent to the city of Baltimore. It shall
consist of five persons appointed by the Mayor in the manner
prescribed in section 25 of this article, who shall hold their
offices as therein provided. One of said five persons, who shall
be the president of said board, and known as the Harbor Engi-
neer, and so named by the Mayor, shall be a civil engineer in
the active practice of his profession for five years, and who has
had responsible charge of work for at least that period of time.
The Harbor Engineer shall receive a salary of four thousand
dollars per annum, payable monthly, and the other members of
said board shall serve without pay. All subordinates employed
in said sub-department shall be appointed by the Harbor Engi-
neer, subject to the approval of said board; he shall fix their
compensation, not to exceed in the aggregate the amount
appropriated by ordinance. The Harbor Engineer and Harbor
Board shall perform such other duties as may hereafter be
prescribed by ordinances not inconsistent with this article.

463. No alteration, extension or removal of wharves, piers,
bulkheads or pilings shall be made in the Patapsco river or
tributaries without consent of the Harbor Board.

464. If any person shall violate the provisions of the pre-
ceding section he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,