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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-9 Removal of obstructions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-9" heading="Removal of obstructions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">The Harbor Engineer shall:<para num="(i)">have secured or removed all obstructions to navigation that may be found drifting about, or otherwise obstructing navigation; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">notify the owner or agent of same that the said obstruction has been so secured or removed and held at his expense.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">If not claimed within 10 days:<para num="(i)">the Harbor Engineer shall sell the same; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">any balance after the expense of securing or removing same has been paid, shall be held by the Director of Finance to be paid to the owner if claimed within 12 months.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">Any person who shall cast loose, set adrift or place any object likely to become a nuisance or an obstruction to navigation shall pay a fine not exceeding $200.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 15, §32</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 11, §37</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 10, §37</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 10, §37</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 09-293</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
