West Virginia Code § 17-18-10

Same -- Establishment of wharf at public landing; regulation of and
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limitations on such wharf.
Any person desiring the privilege of erecting a wharf at or on any public landing, not a part
of a state road, may present a petition to the county court of such county for such privilege;
but notice of the petition, or of his intention to present the same, shall be posted at the front
door of the county courthouse and at three public places in the district in wheich it is
proposed to erect such wharf, three weeks at least before the petition is acted upon. Such
court upon petition and notice may grant such privilege upon such condritions and
limitations, and fix such rates and charges for wharfage, as it sees fit, subject to revision and
alterations by the Public Service Commission. But it may at any time afterwards, upon ten
days' notice to the owner of such wharf, or his tenants, revoke such privilege or alter such
conditions or limitations, subject to the regulatory power of tsaid commission.

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