 | Pennsylvania - Railroads - 1865 - 382 pages
...construction of wharves CouacUsT-e0upon a plan and scale to meet the demands of commerce, Jj^6 to tho keep the same and the avenues leading thereto open...and compensation of pilots navigating to and from said city, and for the greater security and better disposition of vessels within the port of the same,... | |
 | Henry Edward Wallace - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 676 pages
...and to keep the navigable water within- tire said city forever open and free from obstruction. The councils shall authorize the construction of wharves...leading thereto open and free from obstruction and may enact ordinances for the purposes in this section mentioned." That said councils in the performance... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1893 - 884 pages
...the necessary legislation to be asked for. The consolidation act of February 2, 1854, provides that "the city councils shall authorize the construction...a plan and scale to meet the demands of commerce," and the board therefore submits the subjoined form of a city ordinance regulating wharf construction... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1022 pages
...which no wharf or pier shall be constructed, and to keep the navigable waters within said city forever open and free from obstructions. The city councils...avenues leading thereto open and free from obstruction." The city denies its liability upon the following grounds: (1) Because the act of 1859 (PL 643) has... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1863 - 588 pages
...lines beyond which no wharf or pier shall be constructed, and to keep the navigable waters within the said city for ever open and free from obstructions....construction of wharves upon a plan and scale to meet Ihe demands of commerce, keep the same and the avenues leading thereto open and free from obstruction,... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - Engineering - 1893 - 856 pages
...theuecessary legislation to be asked tor. The consolidation act. of February 2, 1ÍC4, provides that "the city councils shall authorize the construction...a plan and scale to meet the demands of commerce," and the board therefore submits the subjoined form of a city ordinance regulating wharf construction... | |
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The City Councils shall authorize the construction of wharves upon a plan, and scale to meet the demands of commerce, keep the same and the avenues leading thereto open and free from obstruction... 