Pennsylvania Act 1850-275 — WHARF LINES ESTABLISHED ON SCHUYLKILL RIVER

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WHARF LINES ESTABLISHED ON SCHUYLKILL RIVER
                  Act of Apr. 6, 1850, P.L. 371, No. 275              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     To establish wharf lines on each side of the river Schuylkill,
        from Fairmount to the river Delaware.

        Section 1.  Establishment of wharf lines on Schuylkill River
        The principal or assistant surveyor of the City of
     Philadelphia, and the recording or other legally appointed
     surveyors of the districts of Spring Garden and Moamensing, and
     the surveyor of the Township of Blockley, are hereby authorized
     and empowered to survey, lay out and take proper soundings of
     the channel on each side of the River Schuylkill, from Fairmount
     to the River Delaware, for the purpose of establishing wharf
     lines thereon, and make a correct plan thereof, with all
     necessary explanations, which plan, when approved by the board
     of port wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, shall be returned
     into the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions
     for the County of Philadelphia; and the said court shall
     thereupon appoint a time and place to hear any objections that
     may be made thereto by the owner of property adjoining said
     river who may think him or herself aggrieved thereby, of which
     at least ten days' notice shall be given by advertisement in two
     or more newspapers published in the City of Philadelphia; and if
     any person shall appear and object to the survey and wharf line
     so marked and laid out, it shall be the duty of the said court
     of quarter sessions to decide upon such objections, and whether
     any and what alterations shall be made therein, and further
     direct the said plan, with their adjudication thereupon, to be
     recorded or filed in the office of the clerk of the said court,
     which survey and wharf lines shall thereupon be and remain
     unalterable.  1850, April 6, P.L. 371, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Performance of powers and duties as convenient;
     wharves not to extend beyond line
        It shall and may be lawful for the surveyors aforesaid, and
     they are hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, as
     they shall see fit, to execute and perform the duties and powers
     enjoined in the foregoing section, in such parts and to such
     extent as to them shall seem convenient and necessary; and the
     plan or plans of any such part or parts of the survey of the
     said river, being from time to time returned, and in all
     respects proceeded upon in the manner prescribed by the first
     section of this act, shall, with respect to the part or parts
     therein comprehended, have the same force and effect as if one
     general plan had been made, returned and proceeded on as
     aforesaid; and no wharf or wharves shall at any time thereafter
     be extended further into the said River Schuylkill than the
     wharf line so designated: Provided, That nothing herein
     contained shall be construed to give authority to any person or
     persons to erect wharves or piers extending out as far as the
     said wharf lines so fixed and determined, without license from
     the board of wardens board.  1850, April 6, P.L. 371, Sec. 2.
        Section 3.  Entry on lands; payment of expenses
        For the purpose of making the said surveys and soundings, the
     said surveyors, or either of them, shall have full power and
     authority, with or without their or his assistant or assistants,
     to enter upon the land of any person or persons adjoining or
     near to the said River Schuylkill, as they may find necessary or
     convenient; and all expenses of making the said surveys, plans
     and reports shall be paid by the commissioners of the County of
     Philadelphia.  1850, April 6, P.L. 371, Sec. 3.