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WHEREAS, it is represented to this General As-
sembly that the President and Managers of the
Baltimore and Fredericktown Turnpike Com-
pany are charging a higher rate of tolls on their
road than by law they are authorized to do, and
that they are charging and collecting toll for
travel upon what was formerly a part of their
road but is now one of the public streets of the
City of Baltimore, by a conveyance of the same
made by said company, and have also for a long
time neglected to repair the Pratt street road as
required by their charter; and whereas, it is
proper that the General Assembly should pro-
tect the public against impositions under color
of law by corporations of its creation; there-
fore,
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Attorney General be and he is hereby
directed to inquire whether the rates of toll
charged by the said President and Managers of
the Fredericktown Turnpike "Road Company are
higher than is warranted by law, whether they
are charging for passing over any road or way not
now by law belonging to them, and whether the
said Pratt street road has been or is now in a con-
dition such as their charter requires, and whether
their charter has been infringed in any other re-
spects, due notice of which shall be given said
company, with specifications and opportunity to
said company for defence, and if he shall be of
opinion that the charter of said company, in any or
all of these, or in any other particular is violated,
he shall publish his written opinion to that effect
in two of the newspapers of the City of Baltimore,
and shall give notice to said company of his said
opinion, and if the company shall not within a
reasonable time after said notice correct the wrong
which it shall authorize or permit, then said
Attorney General shall take such steps as he may
deem necessary to enforce an obedience to the laws ;
provided, that he shall not take proceedings to
perfect its charter unless he shall be unable other- |
Assented to
Feb. 28,1867. |
