Legal Opinion
Mayor of Annapolis v. Annapolis Waterfront Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 13, 1979No. [No. 6, September Term, 1978.]PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The seeds of this controversy were sown when the General Assembly enacted Chapter 26 of the Laws of Maryland of 1785 which vested in the Port Wardens of the City of Annapolis the power and responsibility to regulate the construction of wharves in the port of that city. Chapter 26 provided that the Port Wardens were to determine and regulate all matters relating to (1) the erection or building of wharves in the port, (2) the distances the wharves extended into the water, and (3) the materials of which the wharves were to be constructed and the manner and form of such construction, always…
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