That from and after the passage of this act, that there be, and is hereby established and laid out a wharf-line in the river Delaware, at Bristol borough and township, in the county of Bucks, for the purpose of having a sufficient depth of water at low tide to float vessels, beginning at a point in the said river one hundred feet from low-water mark at the middle of the mouth of Otter's creek, a corner between the said Bristol borough and the said Bristol township, on a line south thirty-eight and a quarter degrees east, from the said middle of the mouth of Otter's creek, in a range with the middle of the said creek; thence up the said river opposite the said Bristol borough, north thirty-three degrees east, twenty-three perches, to a point in the said river one hundred feet from low-water mark, on a line at right angles with the line last mentioned; thence north forty-seven degrees east, fifty-four and a half perches, to a point in the said river at the end of the wharf at Market street, in the said Bristol borough, in a range with the south-westerly side of the said Market street, about eighty feet from low-water mark, and fourteen perches and three-tenths of a perch from the south-easterly side of Radcliff street, on a line with the said south-westerly side of Market street, thence north sixty degrees east, ninety-five perches, to a point in the said river, in a range with the north-easterly side of Penn street, about one hundred feet from low-water mark, and fourteen perches and three-tenths of a perch from the said south-easterly side of Radcliff street, on a line with the said north-easterly side of Penn street; thence north sixty-seven degrees east, one hundred and eleven perches, to a point in the said river about seventy feet from low-water mark, at the middle of the mouth of Adam's Hollow creek; another corner between the said Bristol borough and the said Bristol township, on a line with the middle of said Adam's Hollow creek, and twenty-eight perches from the said south-easterly side of Radcliff street, on a line at right angles with the said Radcliff street; thence up the said river, opposite said Bristol township, north sixty-four degrees east, twelve perches, to a point in the said river at the southerly corner of the long wharf now occupied by the Buck Mountain Coal Company, about twenty feet from low-water mark, and thirty and a half perches from a point on the south-easterly side of the turnpike road, five perches along the said south-easterly side of the said turnpike road, from the middle of the said Adam's Hollow creek, on a line south twenty-six degrees east; thence north seventy-two and three-quarter degrees east, eighteen perches, to a point in the said river, eighty feet from low-water mark, on a line at right angles with the last mentioned line; and thence north fifty-eight degrees east, thirty-three perches, to a point in the said river, one hundred feet from low-water mark, on a line south twenty-five degrees east, in a range with a line of land late of William Laing, deceased.
53 P.S. § 49311