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Ships not to lye so close in docks as to prevent free passage;
penalty 5 l. unless accidentally on ground.
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XXV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the time aforesaid no ship or ships, or other vessels, shall lie so close in the said Custom-house dock, or in any other publick dock in the said city, so as to prevent any other ship or vessel from having a free passage into or out of such docks on every side, under the penalty of five pounds for every ship or vessel, which shall block up or obstruct such passage; unless it shall appear, that such ship or vessel was struck on ground by accident, or benipt by the tide.
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