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lar ; for every score of cattle, one-fourth of %a dol-
lar ; for every horse and rider, or led horse, one-
sixteenth of a dollar ; for every chair or chaise with
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one horse and two wheels, one-eighth of a dollar ;
for every chariot, coach, stage, wagon, phaeton or
chaise with two horses and four wheels, one-quarter
of a dollar ; for either of the carriages last men-
tioned, with four horses, three-eighths of a dollar ;
for every other carriage of pleasure, under what-
ever name it may go, the like sums, according to
the number of wheels and horses drawing the same;
and for every cart or wagon the wheels of which do
no exceed the breadth of four inches, one-eighth of
a dollar for each horse drawing the same ; for every
cart or wagon the wheels of which shall exceed in
breadth four inches and not exceeding seven inches,
one-sixteenth of a dollar for every horse drawing
the same ; for every cart or wagon, the breadth of
the wheels of which shall be more than seven
inches, and not more than ten inches, or being of
the breadth of seven inches shall roll more than
ten inches, five cents for every horse drawing the
same ; for every cart or wagon the breadth of the
wheels of which shall be more than ten inches and
not exceeding twelve inches, or being ten inches
shall roll more than fifteen inches, three cents for
every horse drawing the same ; for every cart or
wagon the breadth of the wheels of which shall be
more than twelve inches, two cents for each horse
drawing the same.
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wheels.
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Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That for the purpose
of ascertaining the weight that may be drawn
along the said road in any cart, wagon, or other
carriage of burthen, it shall and may be lawful for
the said President, Managers and Company to erect
and establish scales and weights at or near such
and so many of the gates erected or to be erected
in pursuance of this Act as they may think proper,
and when there may seem reasonable cause to sus-
pect that any cart, wagon or other carriage of bur-
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then carries a greater weight than is or shall be by
law allowed, it shall be lawful for the toll-gather-
ers or other persons in their service or employment
to prevent the same from passing such gate or
turnpike until such cart, wagon or other carriage
of burthen shall be drawn into the fixed or erected
scales, at or near any such gate or turnpike, and
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