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ful for them to appoint such and so many toll- gatherers as they shall think proper, to collect and receive of and from all and every person using the said road such tolls and rates as the President and Directors may think just and expedient, not ex- ceeding however the rates charged by the Balti- more and Frederick Turnpike Company, under the Act of eighteen hundred and four, Chapter fifty- one, or the supplements thereto, and to stop any persons riding, leading or driving any horses, cat- tle, hogs, sheep or any kind of chaise, wagon, sled, carriage, or other vehicle of pleasure or bur-
den from passing through the said gates until they shall have paid the same ; provided, that this Company shall not be authorized to charge any tolls on any vehicle or horse passing over this road for the purpose of going to or from a funeral.	Funerals.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That if the said Com- pany after the said road is completed as aforesaid, shall neglect to keep the same in good order for the space of sixty days, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel or Baltimore Counties may in its discre- tion fine the President of said Company a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, for the use of the County Commissioners of said counties.	Keep road in good order.
Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons whomsoever riding or driving himself or any animal or thing for which tolls are pre- scribed by this Act shall pass through any private gate, or bar, passage-way, or over ground with the intent to defraud the said Company and avoid the payment of the toll or duty for passing through any of its gates or turnpike, such person or per- sons in all or any of the ways or means so offend- ing shall for every such offence respectively forfeit and pay to said Company any sum not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars, to be	Defraud.
sued for and recovered with costs of suit before any Justice of the Peace, in like manner as debts of similar amount may be sued for and recovered, and with the right of appeal as in such cases.	Penalty.
Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That nothing here- inbefore contained shall be construed to prevent a forfeiture of their charter, in case the provisions of this Act shall not be complied with.	May forfeit.