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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, Tliat so soon as the said
bridge shall have been completed, it shall lir lawful
for the said company to demand and receive the fol-
lowing tolls and rates for passing the same; that is
to say : For a foot passenger, five cents;- for a man
and horse, fifteen cents; for every cart or wagon
with two horses, mules or oxen, thirty-five cents; for
every cart or wagon with four horses, mnles or oxen,
fifty-five cents; for every pleasure carriage or sleigh
with one horse, twenty-five cents; with two horses,
thirty-five cents; with four horses, fifty-five cents:
for each head of horses, mules or cattle, ten cents;
and for each head of sheep or swine, five cents; and
the said President and Managers are empowered
hereby to contract monthly or yearly with any per-
son or persons for the passage of the bridge for a
certain and fixed sum, in lieu of the tolls authorized
by this Act, which sum or sums, if not punctually
paid. at the time stipulated for the payment thereof,
shall be recovered before any Justice of the Peace of
tills State, as other debts are recoverable; pronged,
however, that if the said company or proprietors of
said bridge shall suffer the same to become unsafe or
unfit for the transportation of passengers or vehicles,
that the said toll shall cease, and not be demanded
until the said bridge he repaired; and the said com-
pany or proprietors of said bridge shall cause to be
set up and kept in some conspicuous place at the toll
house, in legible characters, lists of the rates of tolls
provided for by this Act.
SEC. 13. And be if enacted, That the said President
and Directors shall keep a just and true account of
all moneys received by their several collectors of
tolls for crossing said bridge, and from all other
sources, and shall make and declare a dividend of
the profits and income thereof, among all other stock-
holders, first deducting therefrom all proper ex-
penses or incidental costs, and such proportions of
said tolls and income as they may deem necessary to
provide against the decay, and for repairing the said
bridge; and shall, on the first Monday in January
and July in each and every year, publish the divi-
dends, if any, of clear profits thereof, to be made
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