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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, March 30, 1868
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THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR, 945

shall report at each period to the County Commis-
sioners, the gross amounts of receipt and expendi-
ture, and the rates of toll shall be so readjusted,
if need be, as to yield not more than eight per
centum net dividend ; and at any time thereafter
the corporation shall, on demand of the County
Commissioners, report the amounts of receipt and
expenditure for any period demanded, and the
tolls shall be readjusted so as to yield not more
than said dividend. The rates of toll to be charged
shall be specified in writing by the County Com-
missioners.

 

Sec. 122. And be it enacted, That if the bridge
be erected over a stream dividing two counties, or
between this State and another State, the corpora-
tion shall make the like report, hereinbefore pro-
vided to be made to the County Commissioners, to
the Comptroller of the Treasury, who shall lay
the same before the Governor, who shall issue his
warrant specifying the rates of toll to be pharged so
as to yield eight per centum per annum net divi-
dend, and like reports shall be made to the Comp-
troller every six months, and at any subsequent
times as are provided to be made hereinbefore to
the County Commissioners, and revisions and re-
adjustments of toll shall be made by the Governor,
as are directed to be made by the County Com-
missioners, in cases of bridges located in any one
county.

Governor to
issue warrant.

Sec. 123. And be it enacted, That the written
authority or warrant of the County Commissioners
and of the Governor, in the respective cases, shall
be evidence of the right of the corporation to
charge the tolls demanded, and said authority or
warrant shall be printed and exposed to public in-
spection at every place where the payment of tolls
may be demanded.

Right to
change tolls.

Sec. 124. And be it enacted, That no bridge
shall be erected on a navigable river, unless
authorized by an Act of the General Assembly.

Assent of
legislature.

Sec. 125. And be it enacted, That before the
Governor shall issue his warrant, authorizing the
collection of tolls, he shall be satisfied, from the
report of five Commissioners, to be appointed by
him, that the bridge has been erected and com-
pleted in a substantial and proper manner.
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Examined
by commit
sioners.



 

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