2780                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND

THE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

[Ch. 835

(I)    THE HARDENS, OR A MAJORITY OF THEM, MAY
DETERMINE AND REGULATE ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE
ERECTION OR BUILDING OF WHARVES AND MOORING BUOYS OR
FLOTATION WHARVES IN THE PORT, SO FAR AS RESPECTS THE
DISTANCE WHARVES, MOORING BUOYS OR FLOATING WHARVES MAY
BE EXTENDED INTO THE WATER, AND THE MATERIALS OF WHICH
THEY SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED, AND THE MANNER AND FORM OF
CONSTRUCTION. THE WARDENS SHALL ALWAYS CONSIDER THE
PRESERVATION OF THE NAVIGATION OF THE PORT BY NOT
PERMITTING ANY WHARF MOORING BUOYS OR FLOATING WHARF TO
BE CARRIED OUT IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO RENDER THE
NAVIGATION OF THE PORT TOO CLOSE AND CONFINED OR TO BE
BUILT OF SUCH MATERIALS OR CONSTRUCTED IN SUCH A MANNER
AS MAY BE DEEMED NOT SUFFICIENTLY SUBSTANTIAL AND
LASTING.

(II)   NO PERSON MAY BUILD ANY WHARF, OR CARRY
OUT ANY EARTH OR OTHER MATERIAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF
BUILDING A WHARF, NOR SHALL ANY PERSONS PLACE OR ERECT
MOORING BUOYS OR FLOATING PIERS WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM
THE PORT WARDENS. IF ANY PERSON VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION, OR IF ANY PERSON BUILDS ANY WHARF A
GREATER DISTANCE INTO THE WATERS OF THE PORT, OR IN A
DIFFERENT FORM, OR OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAN DETERMINED
AND ALLOWED BY THE WARDENS, HE IS SUBJECT TO A FINE AS
IMPOSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION.

(III)  IN ALL DIFFERENCES THAT ARISE BETWEEN
ANY CITIZEN OF ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND THE PORT
WARDENS OF THAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONCERNING THE
DISCHARGE OF THE DUTIES OF THE PORT WARDENS, AN APPEAL
MAY BE TAKEN TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 836
(House Bill 1623)
AN ACT concerning

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