290
Completed
three miles.
May erect
toll-gate.
Assess per-
sons habitu-
ally using.
Proviso
Inconsistent
parts of origi-
nal Act re-
pealed.
In force.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
3. That as soon as said company has completed
three miles of said road, by making an artificial bed
of stone, the bed of which shall be at least sixteen
feet wide, then it may and shall be lawful for said
company to erect atoll-gate thereon, and so on from
time to time in like distance to erect and fix such
and so many toll-gates thereon, and across the said
road, as will be necessary and sufficient to collect the
tolls and duties provided by the original Act, to
which this is a supplement; and the said corporation
or company is hereby further authorized and em-
powered to assess annually, upon each individual or
person habitually using said road, between the toll-
gates thereof, and not passing or going through any
of such toll-gates, such amount to be paid quarterly
by the individual or person so assessed, as shall be
just and reasonable for such use of said road, and
shall have power to collect the same before any Jus-
tice of the Peace of the county in which such indi-
vidual may reside or do business, on an action of
debt; provided, no person passing from part of his
farm to another part thereof, shall he charged with
toll, and, provided further, that this company shall not
be authorized to charge toll on any vehicles passing
over this road for the purpose of going to or from
funerals.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That so much of the orig-
inal Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, chapter
ninety-six, and the supplement thereto, passed Feb-
ruary eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
chapter twenty-seven of the Act to which this is a
supplement, as shall be found inconsistent with tins
Act, be and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. And be It enacted. That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage; the Legislature
reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this Act
at pleasure.
Approved April 1, 1872.
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