clear space clear space clear space white space
A
 r c h i v e s   o f   M a r y l a n d   O n l i n e

PLEASE NOTE: The searchable text below was computer generated and may contain typographical errors. Numerical typos are particularly troubling. Click “View pdf” to see the original document.

  Maryland State Archives | Index | Help | Search
search for:
clear space
white space
Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, March 30, 1868
Volume 142, Page 2367   View pdf image (33K)
 Jump to  
  << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>
clear space clear space clear space white space

THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

intersection of the New Windsor and Westminster
Road with the said Uniontown and Westminster
Turnpike Road, following the present bed of the
said New Windsor and Westminster Road as far
as may be found practicable, in the same manner
as is provided for by the original Act, to which
this Act is a supplement.

31

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the Capital Stock
of the said Liberty and New Windsor Turnpike
Company be and the same is hereby increased to
one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into
shares, and be paid in the way and manner pro-
vided for in the original Act, to which this Act is
a supplement.

Capital Stock.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That as soon as the said
Company have completed three miles of said road
by making an artificial road of atone, the bed of
which shall be at least sixteen feet wide, then it
may and shall be lawful for the said Company to
erect a toll gate thereon, and so on from time to
time a like distance, to erect and fix such and so
many toll gates upon and across the said roads as
will be necessary and sufficient to collect the tolls
and duties provided for by the original Act, to
which this Act is a supplement ; and the said Cor-
poration or Company is hereby further authorized
and empowered to assess, annually, upon each in-
dividual or person habitually using said road, be-
tween the toll gates thereof, and not passing or
going through any of such toll gates, such amount
to he paid quarterly by the individual or person so
assessed, as shall be just and reasonable for such
use of said road, and shall linve power to collect
the same before any Justice of the Peace of the
county in which such individual or person may re-
side or do business, in an action of debt, provided
that no funeral procession, or persons passing to
or from church, or from one part of their farm to
another part thereof, shall be chargeable with
tolls.

Width of
road.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors of said Company shall have power
of purchasing and holding as much lands as they
may deem sufficient for the purpose of erecting toll
houses and having gardens thereto attached, to-
gether with, necessary outbuildings for the use of toll

Power to
purchase.

 

 

clear space
clear space
white space

Please view image to verify text. To report an error, please contact us.
Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, March 30, 1868
Volume 142, Page 2367   View pdf image (33K)
 Jump to  
  << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>


This web site is presented for reference purposes under the doctrine of fair use. When this material is used, in whole or in part, proper citation and credit must be attributed to the Maryland State Archives. PLEASE NOTE: The site may contain material from other sources which may be under copyright. Rights assessment, and full originating source citation, is the responsibility of the user.


Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!



An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.

©Copyright  October 06, 2023
Maryland State Archives