New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-22
TIE PIER-LINE BILL COMPLETE.

AN ACT to establish Bukheads and Pier Lines for the Por
ia, peope Of the ste,e Of York. ,eprnnted Srats
and fs.ewhy, do enact "a foilOus:
SECTION |. The bukhead line or line OF solid hlllnfS
and the pier line adjacent to the shores of the port Of
New-Yoik are hereby declared and established To be
the bulkhcad and pier lines recommended to the Legs
Ia ure by the Commissioners appointed under the act
entitled - An act for the appointment oi '9h'nhssson
for the p,esery alton Of the harbor of Newiork oa
"encroachmens and to preserve the necessary na'a-
ga,on thereof" passed March 10, 1853, in their ne.
p,fts of Jan 81 1851 and March Is, 1857, and as laid
down ON the maps accompanying said reports entti1d
" Atlas of New-York Haibor, made under the direc-
&" ton Of the IIarbor Commission, IN two volumes,
except that the exterior or pier head line from Nhn
street extended tn Forty ninth street, ON the No'-
York side Of East River, shall be the same ~
in the aided by the Committee Of Commerce end
On Le mans rcinai,rr referred to- red ink and vail.
kali BE- that line from the northeast corner OF hs
street with openings of not less than one hundred feet ana
distances of no less than four hundred aud my feet spre
from center to center the whole water between ts
nshad line hereby established and the wall bet-een
and Thirty eei ss De ss
which hukhsd shall be the exterior line line Of solid R
n~ b me- rer or ocbrr erection or structure shall
OUTSIDE said wall bulkhead from SeventecHh To-
Maps Of the shores Of the City and County of New York
oqt in ,S SSS mid 1Ss Of s@ @e Dsfs S,. 20 S z.
ensnee and along the north shoes OF Sp"yten
9s Hm R To ana N csTy in h 0fs sun
The entr,nce Little Nee. Bay in the GSc..I o
cudins Flushing agd Cow Bay and New Town Coskfs
the westerly end of Concy Island III The County OF Kings
The shore ofhr County OF Richmond 10 fhe'ea
,rac. OF the KiH ku and thence along the sopbery
shore Kill ku and the oubey and eastery shores
of Ahurs Kill Staten Island sound 10 point oprosssto
the entrance Woodbridge Greek in the State OF New J.,ey
s. the middle Of the XII knl at It's entrance nom
the Bay Of thence nor'bery along the westerly
shore bay and along the westerly shore Of the Hpd
River in thr State of New Jersey to point oppesse' TO-
the entrance of Spuyten Duyyel Greek
D. The several i-lauds in the Harbor Of New York.
Src 2 shall b. lawful "a I'll in with Earth stove
other IN the of the said port bsyopdth
bukhead line line of solid filing hereby estabhed nor shah
be swu any structure exterior TO the bu1esd
line the .esws mentioned IN the first section OF this
act snd piers which ha exceed seventy feet 10
spectyely with intervening water spaces Of essone hynr
shall BE- lawful 10 extend such pier piers be
youd the exterior pier line beyond outside II hesd
SEA wall.
SIC shall be the duty Of the sid Commis.isner. vitan
the Of this act to verify BY ther if
and 10 fle In the o. Of the Secretary " Sa there
record the aforesaid maps together with mnuc
written by aEd distance- far ses
bic lines Of the Cities Of New York ana
verified In liz. snd file Of the dsscrp
tion OF tbs and dtsees in the office Of tn St
Of the City of New and the term OF .ad
hereby xtsaaed 10 the hevnh day % nay
SEC 4 This act shsl.take eject immedste'y.