Annual Report1891 - Harbors |
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abutment approval of plans authorized by chapter Board of Harbor Boston and Maine Boston harbor build a pile bulkhead line caused these presents Charles River Chelsea Creek Chelsea Street Bridge city of Boston commerce COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Company for license completed Congress Street Connecticut River contract corner cubic yards deep at mean draw dredged East Boston easterly side engineer extend his wharf feet deep feet wide fill solid Fort Point channel Granted July Granted June Harbor and Land improvement Island Land Commissioners license to build license to extend license to fill license to widen Maine Railroad Malden River material mean low water Mystic River navigation northeasterly northerly side party Petition pier-head line pile wharf Point channel proposed bridge Railroad Bridge reserved channel river and harbor Secretary of War South Boston Flats southerly Street Bridge thence tide water town vessels westerly Weymouth Fore River wharf on piles wharves
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Page 68 - War in pursuance of the provisions of the said section eleven, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Page 66 - War, and within the time prescribed by him willfully fail or refuse to remove the same or to comply with the lawful order of the Secretary of War in the premises, such persons, corporation, or association shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and every month such...
Page 66 - ... where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or floods, or otherwise, whereby navigation shall or may be impeded or obstructed...
Page 51 - PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. The said party of the second part, hereby covenants and agrees with the said party of the first part...
Page 67 - War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War...
Page 67 - That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take possession of or make use of for any purpose, or build upon, alter, deface, destroy, move, injure, obstruct by fastening vessels thereto or otherwise, or in any manner whatever impair the usefulness of any sea wall, bulkhead, jetty, dike, levee, wharf, pier, or other work built by the United States, or any piece of plant, floating...
Page 68 - ... to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him...
Page 72 - ... been heretofore duly authorized by law, or be so construed as to authorize the construction of any bridge, drawbridge, bridge piers and abutments, or other works, under an act of the legislature of any State, over or in any stream, port, roadstead, haven or harbor, or other navigable water not wholly within the limits of such State.
Page 41 - At the adoption of the present project the channel was limited to 9 feet at high water, and was too narrow, and too much obstructed by bowlders for easy navigation by the craft making use of it.
Page 68 - That it shall be the duty of officers and agents having the supervision, on the part of the United States, of the works in progress for the preservation and improvement of said navigable waters, and, in their absence, of the United States collectors of customs and other revenue officers to enforce the provisions of this act by giving information to the district attorney of the United States for the district in which any violation of any provision of this act shall have been committed : Provided,...