Pennsylvania Act 1864-242 — PHILADELPHIA INCORPORATED - SUPPLEMENT

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PHILADELPHIA INCORPORATED - SUPPLEMENT
                 Act of Mar. 31, 1864, P.L. 304, No. 242              Cl. 11
                               A SUPPLEMENT

     To a further supplement to an act to incorporate the city of
        Philadelphia, passed February second, one thousand eight
        hundred and fifty-four.

        Section 2.  Establishment of wharf lines in Delaware County
        It shall be the duty of the surveyor of the County of
     Delaware to prepare, within twelve months from the passage of
     this act, a plan of the Delaware River front of said county,
     showing the present line of low-water, with the depths of water
     for seven hundred feet out from said line of low-water, at
     distances of fifty feet from said line, and at distances not
     more than five hundred feet apart, and upon the receipt of said
     plan by the wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, they shall
     define a wharf-line for Delaware County, beyond which it shall
     not be lawful for them to authorize the construction of any
     wharf or pier, and if any person shall trespass on the tide-way
     of the river beyond the line of low-water, as defined by the
     survey now authorized, without license from the port wardens,
     he, or they, so offending shall be liable to the penalties, as
     provided in existing acts for like offenses.  1864, March 31,
     P.L. 304, Sec. 2.
        Section 3.  Filing of maps; expenses
        That the map or plan directed to be prepared by the second
     section of this act shall be placed on file in the office of the
     wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and the necessary expense
     incurred in preparing said map or plan shall be paid by the
     commissioners of Delaware County.  1864, March 31, P.L. 304,
     Sec. 3.