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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

Public Local Laws of Dorchester County (1961 Edition),
said Code being Article 10 of the Public Local Laws of
Maryland, entitled "Dorchester County", subtitled
"Cambridge" by removing certain obsolete language and
inserting more appropriate references.

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED by The Commissioners of
Cambridge that the Charter of said municipal corporation
be, and the same is hereby amended by repealing and
reenacting, with amendments, said Section 93 to read as
follows:

93. Harbor; obstruction to navigation.

It shall not be lawful to build or erect any wharf,
pier, improvement, or any structure of any kind, in
Cambridge Creek or its branches, or extend the same from
either shore, or to extend any wharf, pier, or other
improvement, already existing beyond or outside the
[building—line] HARBOR LINE established by [the report of
the Commissioners appointed under Sections 93 and 94]
U.S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS; and every person offending
against the provisions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a public nuisance, and on indictment and
conviction [in said court] BY A COURT OF LAW shall be
fined a sum equal to the cost of removing said nuisance[,
and shall be confined in the county jail until the said
fine and costs are paid]; and to enable the court to
determine the amount of the said fine, they shall at the
time of the trial hear evidence of the probable cost of
removing such nuisance; and if any person shall unload,
discharge, or throw overboard any ballast, stones,
shells, earth, sawdust, or other like matter, or suffer
the same to run from his premises into the said creek or
harbor as defined as aforesaid, or shall fill up or
obstruct the navigation of the same, he shall be deemed
guilty of a public nuisance, and shall, on indictment and
conviction as aforesaid, be punished by fine NOT TO
EXCEED $500 at the discretion of the court, [and be
committed as aforesaid until the said fine and costs are
paid,] OR BE COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY JAIL for a period
not [less than thirty days nor] more than six months, in
the discretion of the court; [provided, that the bedding
of oysters in said creek above the railroad bridge, as it
now spans said creek, is not to be embraced within the
provisions of this section; and] provided, that this
section shall not be construed to apply to such marine
railways as are now or may hereafter be constructed to
run into said creek, or to the obstructions and
improvements necessarily incident thereto.

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this
Resolution shall become effective on the 27th day of
March, 1974.