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JOHN H. STONE, Esquire, Governor.
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1796. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That if the said
road shall be carried through any
fields of ground in actual cultivation, such fields shall not be laid open,
or used
as a public road, until after the usual time of taking off crops then growing
thereon. |
CHAP.
LXIX.
Fields not to
be laid open. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That if any person
shall alter or change, or in any
manner obstruct or encroach on, the said public road, or any part thereof,
or
cut down and destroy any turnpike gate, or cut, destroy, deface or remove
any
mile stones set up on said road, or put or place any rubbish, dirt, logs,
stones,
or any other obstruction in the said road, or make any pit or hole therein,
such
person may be indicted in the county court, and being thereof convicted,
shall
be fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of the court, according to the
nature of
the offence; and the president and directors shall cause any obstructions
or
nuisances on the said road to be removed, and shall restore the same to
its proper
state and condition. |
Penalty on
persons altering
the road,
&c. |
XV. And be it
enacted, That as soon as the
road shall be completed in the
manner directed by this act, the
president and directors shall forthwith transmit
to the governor and council a full and fair account of the cost of said
road, and
the amount of tolls received previous to its completion, and shall annually
thereafter
transmit to the governor and council a yearly account of the tolls received
and expences incurred on said road. |
An account to
be transmitted,
&c. |
XVI. And be
it enacted, That the said directors
may cause to be set up and
erected such number of gates or turnpikes across the said road, at such
places
as they may think proper, and may take and receive for passing the said
turnpike
gates, set up on the said road next
the town of Baltimore, and the city of Washington
respectively for every coach, or other four wheeled riding carriage, the
drivers, passengers and horses, not exceeding thirty cents; for every two
wheeled
riding carriage, the driver, passenger and horses, not exceeding fifteen
cents;
for every waggon, or other carriage of burthen drawn by horses, mules or
oxen,
not exceeding three cents per horse, mule or ox; for every horse and rider,
not
exceeding three cents; for every
single horse, camel, ass or mule, not exceeding
one cent; and for black cattle, each not exceeding one half cent; for every
score
of sheep or hogs at the rate of ten cents the score; and the said directors
may
impose such tolls as they may think
reasonable on passing any other of the said
gates or turnpikes, provided that the said directors do not exact or receive,
for
passing the said road between the
said toll-gates next to the town of Baltimore
and to the city of Washington aforesaid, for every coach, or other four
wheeled
riding carriage, the drivers, passengers and horses, passing the said gates
or turnpikes,
more than four cents per mile; for every two wheeled riding carriage, the
driver, passengers and horses, not
exceeding two cents per mile; for every waggon,
or other carriage of burthen, drawn by horses, mules or oxen, not exceeding
two cents per mile; for every horse and rider, not exceeding one cent per
mile; for every single horse, camel, ass or mule, not exceeding one half
cent
per mile, and for black cattle, each, exceeding two milles per mile; and
for
every score of sheep or hogs not exceeding two cents per mile; and provided,
that
the said last mentioned tolls shall not be laid on any part of the said
road as shall
not be made and completed in the
manner herein before directed, and that the
said turnpike gates, next adjacent to the city of Washington or to the
town of
Baltimore, shall not be nearer to the said town or city respectively than
one mile;
and provided, that all persons, their waggons, carts, carriages or animals,
herein
before enumerated, passing the said toll-gates next adjoining the town
of Baltimore
or city of Washington, shall not be subject to pay any further toll on
the
said road for the distance of ten miles from the said gates respectively
than the
tolls thereat established,
nor shall any person, their waggons, carts, carriages or
animals, be compelled to pay the
said tolls for passing the said several and respective
gates on the said road more than once in twenty-four hours; and no tolls
shall be exacted or received by the said company, or their agents, in any
other
cases than those herein before specified. |
Directors
may set up
gates, &c. |
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