The Chief of Police shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to cause all boats of every description to move to and lay in such manner and position at any of the public landings of the City, as in his discretion he believes best calculated for the convenience of all boats laying at or near such landing. He may, at his discretion, order off and cause to be removed all skiffs, canoes, rafts and other watercraft, to make room for the convenient landing of any boat, barge or other watercraft. No person shall refuse, neglect or delay in removing any boat, barge or other watercraft, when directed to do so by the Chief of Police. Each hour any of the provisions of this section are violated shall constitute a separate offense.
The Chief of Police shall have power, in addition to the powers heretofore vested in him, to assign and set apart to such boats or vessels as run regularly in any trade, and which arrive at and depart from the Port of Parkersburg at regular and stated times, such part or place of, or upon, the public landings of the City as he shall from time to time consider reasonable and proper. He shall also have power to designate such part or space of or upon the-public landings as he judges to be reasonable and sufficient to be used or occupied by the officers, agents or servants of any boat or vessel for the purpose of receiving or discharging her cargo, and to require all such persons who are engaged directly or indirectly in putting on board or discharging goods or merchandise in or from such boat or vessel, to place such goods or merchandise upon such parts of the public landings as he shall for that purpose designate and allow, and not elsewhere.
(1947 Code §5.3)