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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-18 Bridges.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-18" heading="Bridges.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Harbor engineer to control and maintain.">The Harbor Engineer shall control and maintain all bridges of the City over navigable waters in and adjacent to the City of Baltimore, subject to the provisions of &lt;cite data-path="|26|§14-1"&gt;Article 26, § 14-1&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Regulations.">
      <para num="(1)">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Harbor Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to make, and from time to time amend the same, rules as to the safe use of each of the bridges under his jurisdiction and control.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Immediately after the adoption of such rules as to a particular bridge the same shall be posted in a conspicuous manner on said bridge so as to be easily seen by all persons using said bridge.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Penalties.">Any person violating any rule of the Harbor Engineer as to the use of a bridge after said rules shall have been posted on said bridge as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50 for each offense, said fine to be collected as other fines for violations of City ordinances are collected.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 15, §§45, 46</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 11, §§46, 47</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 10, §§46, 47</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 10, §§46, 47</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-715</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 48-513</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Texts Conformed 02/18/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed the text of paragraph (b)(1) to refer expressly to the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
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