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CAP. XXIV. A By-law relating to the City Wharfs.

BE it enacted by the City Council of the City of Charlottetown, as follows. :—

r. A VVharfinger shall be appointed by the City Council who shall be sworn and give security for the due and faithful performance of the duties of such office as hereinafter specified, and shall receive such salary, or percentage by way of salary as the City Council may deter- mine; and the said Wharfinger shall be at all times under the direction and control of the City Council, and retain such office during pleasure of the City Council.

2. The Wharfinger shall cause the city wharfs to be kept in due preservation and repair; take care that neither of them is en- cumbered with articles or things of any kind, to the prevention of vessels loading or discharging thereat, or of ordinary business being performed thereon; prevent their encumbrance with any shed or any building of any description, and cause any such erections now thereon to be moved away ; prohibit any quantity or quan- tities of weighty articles being laid or to remain on anyof the blocks or bridges of said wharfs to the injury of the same; collect the wharfage of vessels" lying, discharging, or loading thereat, and wharfage on imports and exports ; prevent damage to said wharfs, and to cause the person or parties causing any damage to be prosecuted for such damage as may be directed; and said