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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-3 Permission to enter public dock.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-3" heading="Permission to enter public dock.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">No vessel shall enter any public dock without permission from the Harbor Master, who shall prescribe:<para num="(i)">the manner in which all vessels shall lie at any public wharf, so that the facilities for discharging and receiving cargoes may be afforded as generally as possible and the public interest most promoted;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the time vessels may occupy any public dock; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the terms and conditions upon which they may load and discharge cargoes therein.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">All anchorages shall be in charge of and subject to regulation by the Harbor Engineer.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">The master of any vessel who refuses to obey the regulations or requirements of the Harbor Master or of the Harbor Engineer, as the case may be, in carrying out this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50 for each and every hour the offense continues.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 15, §27</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 11, §31</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 10, §31</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 10, §31</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 09-293</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 50-1223</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
