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12:4-3.  Owners of docks, wharves and piers may collect wharfage, dockage and rent;  no hindrance to navigation
    The owners or holders of all docks, wharves, storehouses and piers may:

    a.  Use, possess and repair the same;

     b.  Lay any vessel alongside the same;

     c.  Demand, receive and sue for and recover of and from any vessel or person  using the same, reasonable wharfage, demurrage, rent or dockage; and

     d.  Recover for any damage done to the same.

     This section shall not impair the legal rights of any other persons or authorize any hindrance to navigation.