The daily gazette., 1883-02-16
HARBOR REGULATIONS.
ANOTHER MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF TRADE.
PORT WARDEN BILL FINISHED.
Last Nights Meeting of the Board of
Trade 10 Consider the Port Warden
Bill-The Measure Completed.

At the special meeting of the Board o
Trade last evening, Job II. jackson occu
pied the chair. Among those present were
Vice President, Harry j. Cause, L. Tatnal
Warner, J. Taylor Cause, George G. Lob
dell, Francis b. Cotton, Henry B. Seidel
George w. Bush, Eli Garrett, Ephriam r.
Walton, Captain William Thompson, NJ. NJ
Child, George Uhurchman, Emlen Hewes
and Myers @. Conwell chief engineer Of
City Surveying Department.
Secretary e. A. Van Trump read the
minutes of last meeting, which were
adopted.
Mr.. Warner moved that the act be taken
up by sections, which was adopted, aud the
Secretary read new Sections Nos. and 3.
Mr.. Garrett moved to amend Section by
changing the Jurisdiction of the Board
"from the northern boundary line of the
| State of Delaware" to ''the northern
boundary line of the city of Wilmington" !"
On motion of j. T. Cause it was adopted.
Mr. Lobdell said the city limits extended
| from point on the Delaware river, about
| one-sixteenth of mile below the works OF
the Edge Moor Iron Company TO a point
| about half mile below the mouth of the
Christiana. 1t was said the Edge Moor Iron
Company would oppose any measure tend
| ing TO place the control of their wharf lines
| under the Board of Port Wardens of this
city.
Section 4, defining the duties Of the Board
of Port Wardens to run lines, was amended
by Mr.. Lobdell inserting in the third line,
excepting that part Of the Christiana
river between the bridge belonging to the
Wilmington and New Castle Railroad Com
pany and Newport" After considerable
discussion by Messrs. Cause, Lobdel aud
Warner, the section was changed to read as
follows
"It shall be the duty of said Board of Port
Wardens to survey, lay out, regulate, limit,
describe and establish the extension lines
for all bulkheads, piers and docks within
their Jurisdiction as defined in the preceding
section, excepting that part of the Christi
ana river between the bridge belonging to
the Wilmington and New Castle Railroad
Company and Newport, which lines when
so aseertained In accordance with the pro-
visions hereinafter contained, shall be re-
garded as arbitrary lines, beyond which no
permanentstructu Of any character what
soever shall be placed And the said
Port Wardens shall accept the work
of the State Commission especially
appointed in April, 1869, to perform this
work, and take said work and lines of said
commission so far as they go as u basis for
the new determinations, with full power
to correct all errors or discrepancies in
course and distance thereof as they may find
any to exist in the recorded report of said
commission, or by comparing said report
with the chart or plot prepared by said COM
mission and now on file in the Recorders
Office of New Castle county In the State of
Delaware. And when any such errors or
discrepancies are found 1t shall be the duty
of said Boord of Port Wardens to so
correct and readjust such lines upon said
basis. In case it shall be found by
said Port Wardeus that any person, firm or
corporation have disregarded the lines es-
tabllshed by said commission and have sub
sequently built any bulkhead, pier or dock
beyond the limits defined by said Commis-
sioners, the said Port Wardens may accept
the same aud be governed by the lines
thereof, provided the structures built upon
the new lines shall not be prejudiclal to the
interests of adjoining property holders or
Objectionable in the free use and navigation
of the waters referred to in this act And
the said Board of Port Wardens shall have
full power and authority to adjust in an
amicable manner any differences that may
arise respecting such violation of the lines es-
tablished by the Commissioners as aforesaid
In case any person, firm or corporation shall,
after the passage of this act, trespass be
yond the lines so ascertained and defined
or shall disregard the same in the erection,
construction or location of any structure or
encroachment, he shall forfeit and pay to the
said corporation, 1.-THE Wilmington Board
of Trade," fine to the extent not exceed |
ing the sum of 81, 200, to be recovered with |
costs of suit as debts of like amount arc by |
law recovered. The said fine when collected |
shall be paid over, less the costs and ex-
penses of collecting the same, one-half to |
the treasurer of the city of Wilmington and |
one-half to the Treasurer of New Castle |
county, for the general use and benefit of |
said city and county, and the said person, |
firm or corporation so trespassing or SO dis |
regarding said lines in the erection of any |
structure or encroachment as a aforesaid, |
shall within 80 days remove any and all |
such distractions at their own proper costs |
and expense, or failing so to do, the said |
Board of Port Wardens shall cause said |
structure or encroaehments to be removed, |
and recover the cost OF such removal from |
said person, firm or corporation, or from |
the property upon which such obstruction |
may have been erected.
Section was adopted on motion of J. 7. |
Cause after changing "protractingo to |
Extending"
Section was discussed by Messrs. Lob |
dell, j. T. Cause, Warner, Cotton, Bush, |
Fl. T. Cause and others. Various amend |
ments were offered, aud the section when |
adopted stood as follows: "Section 8. To /
enable the Board of Port Wardens the better |
to establish said lines in accordance with |
Justice and equity the Chief Engineer of the |
city of Wilmington with assistants if |
necessary, at cost not exceeding $4,000 per /
annum, shall carefully survey, locate, plot |
and map out all such lines as are mentioned
and intended in Section 4 of this act,
and the said Board of Port Wardens |
or majority of them shall make |
full returns of their said proceedings |
and determinations in the premises under |
their hands, or a majority of them to the |
City Council of Wilmington as soon as con-
veniently may be after said lines are so |
surveyed, located, plotted and mapped out |
by said engineer and assistants, and ap- |
proved and adopted by said Board or ma
joi fly of them. The said return shall be |
filed and preserved in the Office of the Chief |
Engineer of the City of Wilmington. The |
said Board of Port Wardens shall also cause |
the said return to be recorded in the office |
for recording deeds In and for New Castle |
county, and the record of the same, or o
duly certified copy thereof, shall be compe
tent evidence in all courts of law and equity |
in this State"
On motion of Mr.. Lobdell, section 7 was |
stricken out and the following adopted |
after being freely discussed by Messrs. j. I. |
Cause, Cotton, Lobdell and Warner;
"SEc. 7. The expense consequent upon |
such engineering to the amount OF the sum |
named in preceding section shall be paid by |
the City Council of Wilmington and the |
ing a moiety of the same upon certificates |
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