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rectors are hereby invested with all the rights and powers
necessary to the construction of said road, on the bed of the
county road called, the Deer Park road, or as nearly as may
be practicable so to do, making an artificial bed of stone, not
less than sixteen feet in breadth.

SEC. 5. And be enacted, That the President and Di-
rectors of said company shall have full power to widen the
said road, whenever and wherever it shall be found necessary
for construction of the same.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That as soon as the said com-
pany shall have completed three miles of said road, and so
on from time to time a like distance of three miles, they
shall give notice to the County Commissioners of Baltimore
county, who shall thereupon appoint three judicious and
disinterested persons to view and examine the same, and re-
port to the said County Commissioners whether the said road
is so far completed in a, workmanlike manner, according to
the true intent and meaning of this Act; and. if their report
be in the affirmative, the said County Commissioners shall
issue to the President and Directors of said company a li-
cense to erect and fix such and so many toll gates upon and
across the said road as will be necessary and sufficient to
collect the tolls and duties hereinafter granted to the said
company from all persons traveling on the same with horses,
cattle, wagons, carts and carriages.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said company hav-
ing completed the road, or so much thereof from time
to time as aforesaid, it shall or may be lawful 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 or persons using the said
road, the tolls and rates hereinafter mentioned, and to
stop any person riding, leading or driving any horse,
mares or gelding, cattle, sheep, hogs, sulky, chaise, chair,
phaeton, coach, coaches, cart, wagon, wain-sled, or other
carriage of pleasure or burthen, from passing through the
said gate until they shall have paid the same, that is to say:
for every space of ten miles in length of the road, the fol-
lowing sum of money: and so on in proportion for any greater
or less distance that such person or persons shall use the said
road, for any greater or less number of sheep, hogs or cattle,
viz: for every score of sheep, ten cents; for every score of hogs,
ten cents; for every score of cattle, twenty cents ; for every
horse, mule, mare or gelding which may pass through the
toll gate, whether led or ridden, or whether driven attached
to a vehicle of pleasure or of burden, the sum of one cent
for every mile, and in that proportion for any greater dis-
tance traveled, unless the vehicle drawn shall have a tire
over three inches and one-half in width, in which case one-