Cole v. Kelly

Section 7, of chapter 487, of the Laws of 1862, provides, that “Each harbor-master shall have power, within the district-assigned to him, to provide and assign suitable accommodations for all ships and vessels, and regulate them in the stations they are to occupy at the wharves or in the stream, and to remove from time *401to time such vessels as are not employed in receiving or discharging’ their cargoes, to make room for such others as require to be more immediately accommodated for the purpose of receiving or discharging their cargoes, and shall have power to determine as to the fact of their…