484 Assembly Proceedings, April 20-May 6, 1736.

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Lately made Navigable for Boats for above Twenty five miles up
the said River by the Petitioners which will Certainly prove very
Advantageous and Convenient to every Inhabitant and other Person
who may have Occasion to Convey any Tobacco or other Goods
to any Part of Patuxent River or to the Countys Bordering on the
said River And Whereas the Navigation Drawn to Queen Anns
Town is very practicable yet for want of the banks of the said River
being Cleared in some parts thereof so as to make a road or Passage
for horse or men to Dragg the Boats up Either over the Shoals or
where the Stream is most Rapid the Return of the said boats up is
so very Difficult and Tedious that very few of the Inhabitants will
be able to make use of the navigation of the said River as it now is
and therefore prayed that they might be impowered at their Own
Expences and Labour to Clear a road or way about ten foot wide
in such and so many Places on either Side of the said River above
Queen Anns Town as to them should seem proper Be it therefore
Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by and
with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour and the
Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly & the Authority of the Same
that from and after the End of this Session of Assembly it shall &
may be Lawfull to and for the said Persons Concerned in the said
Iron Works Commonly Called or known by the name of the Patux-
ent Iron Work Company and they are hereby Authorized and Im-
powered to make and Clear or Caused to be made and Cleared such
and so many Roads Passages Paths or Ways not Exceeding ten
foot wide on Either or Each Side or sides Bank or Banks of the said
Patuxent River above Queen Anns Town aforesaid at their own
Expence Costs Charges and Trouble as to them shall from time
to time seem proper and Convenient for the uses and Purposes afore-
said for Dragging or Drawing any Boat Vessell or other Water
Carriage up or Down the said River above Queen Anns Town
aforesaid Provided always that this Act nor any thing herein
Contained shall extend or be Construed to Extend to give any
Liberty or Right to the Company aforesaid to make use of or dis-
pose of any Timber or Wood which shall or may be Cut down in the
Making or Clearing the Roads Ways Passages or Paths aforesaid
And Be it further Enacted by and with the Authority Advice and
Consent aforesaid that no Person or Persons whatsoever shall pre-
sume to Molest disturb or hinder or Cause to be molested disturbed
or hindered the making or Clearing the Roads ways passages or
Paths aforesaid nor shall obstruct or Cause to be Obstructed and
stopt up such or any of such Roads ways Passages or Paths aforesaid
when so made or Cleared under the Penalty of Satisfying and paying
to such Company all such Costs Damages and Charges as they may
be put unto or Suffer for or by Reason of any such Molestation Dis-
turbance Hindrance obstruction or Stoppage to be recovered by

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5 Action of Debt to be brought in the name of the said Company by