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person or persons shall effect or attempt to effect
an entrance through any toll gate on said road by
force, violence or intimidation, such person or per-
sons so offending shall he subject to indictment in
the Circuit Court of the County, and upon convic-
tion of such offence shall be punished by fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.
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Violence or
intimidation.
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Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the drivers of
carriages and vehicles of all kinds, shall keep
their horses and vehicles on the right hand aide of
said road, leaving the other side of the road clear
and free for other vehicles to pass and repass, and
if any driver shall offend against this provision,
he shall forfeit and pay not exceeding ten dollars
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Must keep
to the right of
road.
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to any person who shall be obstructed in his pas-
sage, the same to be recovered as in debt with
costs, before any Justice of the Peace of the county.
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Penalty —
how recovered
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Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That the Company
hereby incorporated, shall have power to build
and extend lateral branches of its Road to Me-
chanicsville and Unity respectively, in Montgom-
ery County, at any time within ten years from the
passage of this Act, with the same powers, privi-
ledges and franchises which are conferred upon them
by this Bill and shall 'have power to use the most di-
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Power to
build and ex-
tend road.
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rect County roads to those places or to diverge from
the same at will by and with the consent of the
County Commissioners.
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Commission-
ers' consent.
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Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Howard and Montgomery Coun-
ties be and they are hereby authorized, in their
discretion, to subscribe to the Capital Stock of said
Turnpike Company, provided the amount sub-
scribed by either county shall not exceed the sum
of ten thousand dollars; provided that this sec-
tion shall be subject to the provisions of Article
three, Section fifty-four of the Constitution.
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County Com-
missioners
may subscribe
for stock.
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Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
Act contained shall be so construed as to authorize
said Company, or its agents or officers, to issue
any scrip or bank note, or exercise any banking
privileges.
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Not to issue
scrip or bank
note.
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Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That the Legislature
reserves to itself the right to change, alter or
amend this Act of Incorporation at pleasure,
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Eight to
change or al-
ter.
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