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RULES, BY-LAWS, 
 
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 REGULATIONS, 
 
 OF THB 
 
 PORT OF TORONTO 
 
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REGULATIONS FOR COLLECTING 
 
 PORT DUES. 
 
 
 I. 
 
 Masters of vessels arriving with goods of any descri[»tion for 
 the Port of Toronto, shall make a faithful report of the quantity 
 and quality of the same at tha Office of the Commissionei-s of tlio 
 Port, and pay the Harbour Dues thereon, as established by law^ 
 
 The Master of any vessel or craft, failing so to report and pay 
 Harbour Dues, the vessel or craft shall be liable to be seized and 
 detained at any future period, until such dues be paid, together 
 with the sum of tiye pounds, as fine foi* default of payment of dues. 
 
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 Masters of vessels landing goods in the night,, or out of Office 
 hours, shall deposit a report of the same;, together with the Harbour 
 Dues thereon, with the Wharfinger at whose wharf such goods 
 may be larded, under cover sealed and directed to the Harbour 
 Master at his Office. 
 
 Any Master of a vessel making a false rotiu'n of cargo landed, 
 shall be fined in the- sum of five pounds for each false retiu-n, and 
 the vessel to be :^ade liable to detention; at any future period^ 
 until the dues and fines be paid. 
 
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 Yessels landing goods at the Queen's Wharf, shall pay wharfage 
 as rated in tlie Schedule annexed, over and above the Harbour Dues^ 
 
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REGULATIONS OF THE PORT, 
 
 AND 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 No vessel shall discliarge or throw overboard any ballast, OY 
 dirt, or ashes, in the Harbour of Toronto, under penalty of bemg 
 fined in any sum not exceeding one pound five shillings, to be 
 levied upon the Master or Owner of any such vessel. 
 
 All obstructions to the navigation, such as sunken vessels, or ruins 
 of wharves under water, shall be removed. Sunken vessels to be 
 taken up within one month of the time of their being sunk ; other- 
 wise they will be removed by the Harbour Commissioners, at the 
 expense of the owners of the vessel, and the vessel sold to defray 
 the cost of removal ; in default of sufficient funds, by proceeds of sale, 
 to defray the expenses of removal, the Owners shall be liable for the 
 amount expended o\'er and above the amount of proceeds of sale. 
 
 III. 
 
 In the case of sunken wharves, either 'by decay or in the course 
 of repair or building, the Owners shall so beacon them as to be 
 conspicuous to vessels navigating near hand. Any sunken wliarf 
 by decay not boaconed for the space of three months, shall bo 
 considered as a Harbour nuisance, and obstruction to navigation, 
 and as such removed by the Harbour Connnissioners, as per 
 previous clause, and the materials sold, or applied to the 
 improvement of the Port. 
 
 IV. 
 
 In the case of a vessel o-roundlno' upon any sunken whaif not 
 
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 beaconed, and sustaining damage either by actual damage to tbe 
 vessel, or by delay in consequence of such sunken wharf not being 
 beaconed by day or lighted by iiight, the owners of the wharf 
 shall be accountable for all damage sustained. 
 
 V. 
 
 All schooners, or square-rigged vessels, or steamers, lying at 
 wharves, shall top-up their lower yards, or brace them fore and 
 aft, also rig in their moveable jib booms, and moveable bumpkins 
 and davits, lower or house all boats hanoiuo; over the stern or 
 quarter, or any way outside the vessel; otherwise they will be 
 accountable for any damage done to other vessels, in consequence 
 of neglect in so doing; and any damage they may sustain 
 themselves in consequence of neglect of the above rule, will be at 
 their own cost. 
 
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 All vessels lying at wharves, having lia-l fires on board during 
 the day, shall keep a watch during tlie night. In defaidt of such 
 watch not being found on board, or bting found asleep, the Master 
 or Owner of such vessel shall be fined in the sum of one pound 
 
 five shi'.hno-s. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Steamers passing each other in Port, whether in crossing or 
 going the same way, shall pass to starboard or to the right, keeping 
 the adverse vessel on the left or port side. Schooners or sailing 
 vessels beating in or out with a head wind, the vessel on the 
 larboard or port tack shall bear up for the vessel on the starboard 
 tack (in other words, shall pass under her stern), otherwise she 
 shall be liable for all damage do'.ie in consequence of collision. 
 
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 No steamer shall pass another, going the same way, in the 
 narrows of the channel ; but the hindmost one (if fastest) shall 
 
slow lier engine and allow the lieadmost to pass tlnougli the 
 channel first. Damage done to either vessel in consequence of 
 an attempt to pass the foremost vessel hj the hindmost, shall be at 
 the cost of tho vessel so attempting. Ihe narrows of the channel 
 are defined to be two hundred yards easterly or westerly of the 
 Queen's Wharf; that is, two hundred yards easterly from the 
 eastern extremity, and two hundred yards westerly from the 
 western extremity of the Queen's Wharf. 
 
 IX. 
 
 No vessel shall come to anchor in the narrows of the channel 
 as defined above in clause No. 8, except of absolute necessity; 
 any damage done to the vessel so anchored, or to any other vessel, 
 in consequence of her obstructing position, shall be at the risk and 
 cost of the \'essel so anchored. 
 
 All vessels at anchor in the Harbour, outside the Wharves, 
 shall at night show a good light in such conspicuous part of the 
 vessel as to be seen by another vessel coming in any direction ; 
 and no vessel shall anchor in the Harbour so close to any of the 
 Wharves as to obstruct the free navigation thereto. Any vessel 
 so anchored, in the opinion of the Harbor Master, will be held 
 liable for all damage she may do to other vessels, or that she 
 may sustain herself, in consequence of her obstructing position. 
 
 .XI. 
 
 All vessels under way in the Harbour at night, shall carry a 
 lio-ht conspicuously on the fore part of the vessel. 
 
 XII. 
 
 In the case of fog, a steamer or other vessel coming into or 
 going out of Port, and ringing her bell or blowing oft" steam, 
 vesFcls at anchor or otlierwise near hand, shall reply thereto. 
 
either by bell or hoi-n, or make other conspicuous noise, to give 
 timely notice of their whereabouts ; failing in which, and damage 
 occurring by collision in consequence of this neglect, the damage 
 shall be at the cost of the party so negligent. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Steamers coming in, or going out of Port in a fog, shall go 
 very slow, and .shall either ring a bell, or blow off steam at inter- 
 vals, to warn vessels of their approach ; in deftiult of such warn- 
 ino-, and damage being done by collision witli another vessel, the 
 damage shall be at the cost of the vessel so failing. Also, 
 steamers coming in or going out of Port, and passing the Queen's 
 Wharf, shall slow their engines, otherwise they will be held liable 
 for any damage they may do to vessels lying at the wharf, by the 
 current they make, or the surge of their waves breaking the fasts 
 or moorings of vessels lying there. This regulation shall also 
 apply to steamers passing any of the wharves in the harbour. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Any vessel riding by, or injuring or removing any buoy, bea- 
 con or shoal mark ; or any peison injuring or damaging the same, 
 shall be liable to a fine of live pounds, o\er and above the cost 
 for repairs of damage done to the buoy or beacon damaged or 
 removed. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Any person or persons obstructing the Harbour Master or his 
 Deputy, or any servant of the Harbour Connnissioners, in the 
 execution of their duty ; will subject themselves to a fine not ex- 
 ceeding one pound five shillings. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 All vessels touching at the Queen's Wharf for their conve- 
 ienc3 during the season for navigation, shall be subject to a 
 
whaifaire of two shillings and sixpence for every twenty-four 
 hours ttiey may # there; but in the event of any vessel ob. 
 structino- by her position the navigation, or the landing of goods, 
 and beino- ordered to move therefrom, and the Master not obeymg, 
 there shSl be charged upon the vessel the sum of two pounds 
 ten shillings for every twenty-four houi-s delay after receiving 
 notice for removal. No steamer or vessel shall lay up at the 
 Queen's Wharf during the season for navigation, and vessels 
 wintering there shall be charged as follows ;-Steamei-s, two 
 pounds ten shillings; Schooners over 100 tons, one pound five 
 Bhillino-s; aU other decked vessels under 100 tons, ten shillmgs. 
 AH viels landing ashes, dirt or rubbish on the wharf, mustre- 
 move the same before leaving at the opening of the navigation. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 That no master of vessel may plead igiiorance of these Laws 
 and By-laws for the collection of Harbour Dues, and the Regu- 
 lations of the Port of Toronto, as established by authority of the 
 Commissioners of Toronto Harbour, the Master or Puiw of any 
 Vessel on paying Harbour Dues, shall provide himself with a 
 printed copy of \he same, at the Office of the Commissioners of 
 
 the Port. 
 
 J. G. CHEWETT, 
 
 Chairman Com, 
 
 P.PATERSON, 
 
 Commissioner, 
 
 THOS. CLARKSON, 
 
 Commissioner, 
 
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 PUBLIC NOTICE. 
 
 On and after the First day of January, 1851, the Harbour 
 Dues, Wharfage, &c., for the Port of Toronto, shall be paid to 
 the Harbour Master, Hugh Richardson, Esq., at the Harboiu* 
 Master's Office, who is duly authorised to recei\-e the same, and 
 to give acquittance therefor ; and also to carry out all the Rides, 
 Regulations and By-laws, passed by the Commissioners, of the 
 Harbour of Toronto. 
 
 Goods of every description, (except Fire- wood for Steamboats,) 
 remaining on the Queen's Wharf above twenty-four hours, will 
 be charged Wharfage, daily, at the rates for landing. 
 
 J. G. CHEWETT, 
 
 Chairman of the Commissioners^ 
 of the Toronto Harbour. 
 
 Harbour Master's Office, 
 
 TorontOy October Ithf 1852. 
 
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