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CHAP.
XVI.
On refusal to
pay, vessels may
be refused pas-
sage, &c.
Canal, &c. to
be esteemed a
public high-
way, &c.
President, &c.
may purchase
land, &c. |
1799. NOVEMBER.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
and that it shall and may be lawful for the said president and directors,
after the said canal shall be
made navigable, to demand and receive the following tolls at such place
or places in the canal as
they may hereafter direct, provided that the whole toll received shall
not amount to more than the
rates fixed by this act; that is to say,
Dolls. Cts.
Every pipe of wine or French brandy containing more than one hundred
and twenty gallons, 1 25
Every hogshead of rum, or other spirits, . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 0
Every hogshead of tobacco, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 0
Every hogshead of beer, cyder, rice or molasses, . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Every barrel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
And all other casks or kegs in proportion according to the quantity
and quality of their con-
tents.
For casks of linseed oil, same as spirits.
Every bushel of wheat, peas, beans or flax-seed, . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Every bushel of Indian corn, or other grain or salt, . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
Every barrel of pork, beef or fish, . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Every barrel of flour, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Every ton of hemp, flax, potash, bar or manufactured iron, .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0
Every ton of pig-iron or castings, . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0
Every ton of copper, lead, or other ore, other than iron ore,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0
Every ton of stone or iron ore, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Every chalron of coals, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Every hundred pipe or hogshead staves, or pipe or hogshead heading,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Every hundred barrel staves or barrel heading, . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Every thousand shingles, two feet long or more, . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Every thousand shingles less than two feet long, . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Every hundred cubic feet of plank or scantling, . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Every hundred cubic feet of other timber, . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Every gross hundred weight of all other commodities or packages,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
And for all other commodities, the same proportion, agreeable to the
articles herein enume-
rated.
And every boat or vessel which has not commodities on board to pay
the sum of four dollars,
shall pay so much, as, with the commodities on board,
will yield the sum aforesaid.
And every empty boat or vessel, four dollars, except an empty boat
or vessel returning,
whose load has already paid the tolls affixed, in which
case she shall repass toll free; pro-
vided such boat or vessel shall return fourteen days after
paying said tolls.
X. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of refusal or neglect to pay the
toll at the time of offering
to pass through the said canal, and previous to the vessel's passing
through the same, the collectors
of the said tolls may lawfully refuse passage to such vessel; and if
any vessel shall pass without paying
the said toll, then the said collectors may seize such vessel wherever
found, and sell the same at
auction for ready money, which, so far as is necessary, shall be applied
towards paying said toll, and
all expences of seizure and sale, and the blaance, if any, shall be
paid to the owner, and the person
having the direction of such vessel shall be liable for such toll,
if the same is not paid by the sale of
such vessel as aforesaid; provided that the said proprietors, or a
majority of them, holding at least
five hundred shares, shall have full power and authority, at any general
meeting, to lessen the said
tolls, or any of them; provided also, that the same rate of tolls shall
be paid on articles passing from
Chesapeake to Delaware as upon those paid from Delaware to Chesapeake.
XI. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said canal, and teh works to be erected
thereon in virute of
this act, when completed, shall for ever thereafter be esteemed and
taken to be navigable as a public
highway, free for the transportation of all goods, commodities or produce
whatsoever, on payment of
the tolls imposed by this act; and no toll or tax whatever for the
use of the water of the said cnal,
and the works thereon erected, shall at any time hereafter be imposed
by all or either of the said
states.
XII. AND, whereas it is necessary for the making the said canal, and
supplying the same with wa-
ter, that provision should be made for condemning a quantity of land
for these purposes, BE IT
ENACTED, That it shall and may be lawful for the said president and
directors, or a majority of them,
to purchase, from the owners thereof, any land through which the said
canal is intended to pass, or
through which it may be necessary to supply water to the same; and
in case of disagreement, or in
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