The Mayor and City Council are vested with the right and title to any land made or to be made by them out of the water in making and completing the improvements of the City dock, according to the plan heretofore adopted by them; provided, that nothing contained in <cite data-path="5|§5-1">this section</cite> shall be construed to interfere with the vested rights of individuals. P.L.L., 1860, §193 1888, §358 1915, §467 1927, §467 1930, §467 1938. §560 1949, §316 1969, §5-1 1898, ch. 123, §467